I am an author, lyricist and theatrical producer. My first novel “Café Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island” is a kind of "A Year in Provence" meets "Zorba the Greek. It's been described as a smart, funny, travel memoir that celebrates life, love, Shakespeare, and the redeeming power of retsina.
I hitchhiked to Greece in my first nomadic summer, and discovered my native land. I've been exploring it ever since -- hiking in the Pelion, kayaking in the Dodecanese, sailing the Aegean.
Maps are my recreational drug of choice. After wearing out five passports and four continents I decided to uncork my memories and imagination -- and a bottle or two of retsina -- to write "Café Tempest.”  I invite you to my mythical island of Pharos, to laugh and dance in the hammock, not the cradle of Western civilization.

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Greece is Open: Come and Sea for Yourself -- Because suddenly Greece is affordable and un-crowded. And as spectacularly beautiful as ever.
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 Tripatini -- a fantastic website for savvy independent travelers --known as "Facebook for travelers" (New York Post) -- has chosen "Café Tempest" as their Read of the Week. BB will soon be blogging for them.
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"An Evening at Café Tempest" at the Embassy of Greece, Washington D.C., May 6th. Invite all your capitol friends. Opa!

 "NYTimes Travel Show update. "Cafe Tempest" was the #1 best selling travel fiction at the Borders Bookstore pavilion- Javits Convention Center, February 26-28. Opa!"

 BB is blogging for Austin-Lehman Adventures, voted the #1 Tour Operator in the World (Travel+Leisure Magazine, 2009).
ALA is giving "Café Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island" to every client who books their new Greece/Cyclades Islands trip.Check out this high end, small-group, multi-sport adventure. It's brilliantly designed to immerse mind and spirit in Greek culture, not forgetting a luxury hotel and terrific meal at the end of your hike, your paddle, and your horseback ride. Joyful disclosure: I'm an ALA alum and fan. I suggest you check them out anytime they're headed in the direction of your dreams.
Read my blog: Learn to Love Retsina

 CaféTempest is available in bookstores nationwide

 Athens Plus Review
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 Pasatiempo Magazine in the Santa Fe New Mexican
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 Latest on the web: November 13:Barbara Bonfigli, Café Tempest, interview and reading 2:30pm.
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