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When my mom grew up in Houston, Texas, excursions to Galveston, where my grandfather owned land, were a beach-filled regularity. Grandfather loved fishing, and my mom loved seafood. Especially shrimp. Those days, shrimp boats were manned by a tough lot of Texans, with some Cajuns mixed in. But by the time Mom and Dad bought

In Greek mythology, the goddess Persephone’s return to the earth’s surface from the gloomy underworld brought forth spring—a season of rejuvenation and rebirth. San Miguel de Allende’s Casa Proserpina is aptly named in honor of Persephone as this 18th-century colonial home has been reborn as a luxurious vacation destination at the hands of its new