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Category Archives: Travel
When in Rome…Take a Walk
For Eleanor and Malcolm who are on their way to Rome. Here is our favorite walk, “off the beaten track,” through Campo de’ Fiori, Piazza Farnese, the Jewish Ghetto and Trastevere. Dear Eleanor and Malcolm: It’s springtime. Slip away from … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Wine, Italian Travel, Travel
Tagged Bernini, Campo de Fiori, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, Giordano Bruno, L'Isola Tiburtina, Mauro Ziroli, Piazza Cinque Scole, Piazza Farnese, Piazza Mattei, Piazza Navona, Ponte Fabricio, Ponte Sisto, Portico d’Ottavia, Rome, Rome's Jewish Ghetto, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Sora Margherita, Tartarughe, Trastevere, Trevi Fountain, Via Giulia
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Jazz History: Lena Horne at the Waldorf
Lena Horne was beautiful—the essence of a star. But because of race she never got the dramatic Hollywood roles she deserved. In the mid-1950s, the sultry and professionally frustrated actress left Hollywood to focus on singing—a brilliant move. Her career’s … Continue reading
Meet Me At The Waldorf
All this and a taxi back to the Waldorf, a schmoozy unwind in the piano bar, and a great night’s sleep. S’wonderful. •
Posted in Food and Wine, Travel
Tagged Art Deco hotels, Balaboosta, Bette Davis, Bugsy Siegel, downtown, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, Manhattan tourism, Middle Eastern cuisine, New York City, New York City hotels, Nolita, Nolita restaurants, NY food & wine, NY hotels, NY restaurants, Park Avenue, Waldorf-Astoria
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Pizza, Passion and Proust
“…the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment…” I got a card yesterday from Tracy Medling. Tracy is a great painter and a great friend. … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Wine, Travel
Tagged Amalfi Coast, Anson, artist, Columbus Green, Columbus Square park, Court Street, Doonesbury, downtown, James Beard, Little Italy, Maine, Naples, Neapolitan, New Haven, painter, Pepe's Pizza, pizza, Portland, Sally's Apizza, Tracy Medling, White Clam, Wooster Square, Wooster Street
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That Ain’t Chump Change
Note to self: New Haven is a long way to go for dinner. But the occasion was my Dad’s 85th birthday, which in New Haven-speak, ain’t chump change. After plotting with my co-conspirator, Jacob, we agreed on Union League Café, … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Wine, Travel
Tagged Bearnaise, Birthday, birthday celebrations, bistro, Boston, brunch, Cafe Nuovo, comfortable, crepes, cuisine, Daddy, father-daughter dinner, French cuisine, French style, Hollandaise, Italian Anerican food, mother-daughter brunch, New Haven, New Haven Green, North End, relaxed, restaurant, Salem Street, Spaghetti Carbonara, surprise party, Union League Cafe, upper Chapel Street
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Woody Guthrie, Steinbeck … and Shetterly
“America stretched out beyond our windshield, undiscovered by us – huge, exciting and full of possibility.” In her newly minted book, Made For You And Me, my friend and Portland neighbor Caitlin Shetterly chronicles her small family’s inspiring cross-country odyssey … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, California, coast-to-coast, community, cross-country, Dan Davis, dinner parties, economic crisis, family, Great Recession, hard times, home cook, journey, Kerouac, memoir, mobile, new generation, NPR, odyssey, out of work, perseverance, Portland Maine, road trip, rural maine, Shetterly, unemployed, Weekend Edition, west, wild west, Winter Harbor Theatre Company
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Listening for Tony Kushner
No place is any one thing. Lake Charles, Louisiana, had to be more than fried catfish, King Cake and spicy gumbo. Playwright Tony Kushner grew up in Lake Charles and may be its most famous literary resident. He describes a … Continue reading
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Tagged alligator, beignet, Boudin, catfish, crawfish, Creole, Creole Nature Preserve, egret, epicuriean travel, heron, King Cake, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, nature preserve, Southwest Louisiana, Tony Kushner
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Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouller
Fat Tuesday at Last Cajun music is thumping and grinding as morning revelers dance a freestyle Zydeco mash-up of mambo, tango, two-step and whatever. Accordion, drums, guitar, fiddle and “frottoir” (washboard) are so boisterous you can’t hear yourself think. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayou, Boudin, breakfast, Cajun, Elmer's Heavenly Hash, epicurean travel, food, gator, getaways, Gumbeaux Gator, gumbo, histoic homes, hospitality, King Cake, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, music, outdoors, parades, southern food, Southern Hospitality, vacations, winter getaways, Zydeco
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Throw Me Something Mister
Day 1 at Mardi Gras in Lake Charles, Louisiana, home of the shiny, beaded and fried (pronounced “fraahd”). It’s Mardi Gras and we’re throwing green, gold and purple beads from Gumbeaux Gator’s parade float. We roll past hundreds of kids … Continue reading
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