Monthly Archives: February 2011

Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar

Okay.  Last night we shared a bacon chocolate bar celebrating our 30th anniversary with Anne, Joe and Chris. Bacon, chocolate and good friends – what can I say?

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St. Emilion Afternoon

by Guest Writer Chris Akerlind We left Bordeaux, heading roughly 40 kilometers east, for an afternoon tour of St. Emilion, a hill town in wine country named for an 8th century miracle-working monk and confessor who found home in a … Continue reading

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Mario Batali Loves The Frankies Spuntino…

“Grandma never broke a sweat. Neither should you.” My sister-in-law Aimee Good gave me The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking Manual. I love this book. Mario Batali loves this cookbook, too.* Frankies Spuntino is a tin-ceilinged exposed-brick restaurant in … Continue reading

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The Thin Man Day

My friend Kari says we should’ve called our last post The Thin Man Day because we spent the whole time drinking and being intrepid. I’m an artist. He’s an engineer. He reads maps. I read menus. He calculates exchange rates. … Continue reading

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Looking for Ricky Martin in Old San Juan

So we missed the organic farmers market by 24 hours but caught the San Juan Museum whose antiquities and ephemera include a display on intentional cranial deformation. Mixing high culture and medical oddities always makes us hungry, so we indulged … Continue reading

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Sangria in Old San Juan

We love: 1. Red Sangria 2. Blue cobblestones 3. Food trucks 4. Restaurant Barú We have 24 hours left and plan to find a few more.   Oh, and guess what’s on TV at our hotel, the hip and arty … Continue reading

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Breakfast by the Bay

We grab a giant breakfast sandwich down by the Vieques ferry terminal and eat on the pier admiring the shades of turquoise. The sandwich is awesome and feeds both of us plus the scruffy pier-dog at our feet. We discover … Continue reading

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A Vieques Valentine

Ah, Puerto Rico, at last! Gorgeous, noisy, humid and wild. We are determined to taste and savor all week long. This is not a place for “sipping” – this is a guzzler’s paradise. Our first coup has to do with … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Here is an early valentine to the world and to one of my favorite fellow travel writers, Necee Regis – an awesome writer and a great friend.

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Sibling Rivalry

Went to a restaurant in Boston called Sibling Rivalry on Tremont Street in the South End. The menu is split with culinary offerings from chefs and brothers, David and Bob Kinkead, who have created a “dueling” menu of different interpretations … Continue reading

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