After picking up our bags and snapping the obligatory shot of the city’s gigantic welcome sign, the first thing you notice about Amsterdam are all the bikes. They’re everywhere, and when I say everywhere I’m talking every nook and cranny. They’re clustered together in a big metallic heap by all [...]
Despite the slightly peevish look on my face (for the record, I look downright goofy when I smile in pictures, so I usually opt for grumpy or somber instead), this is the look of two very sleepy but happy travelers who arrived in Frankfurt, Germany a month ago. Yes, I’ve [...]
All of my favorite culinary newsletters and magazines have officially proclaimed September “prime oyster season,” and that statement would normally elicit nothing more than a disinterested shrug from yours truly. Despite the repeated claims of chefs who’ve declared oysters the food of lovers, I could never really get excited about [...]
No disrespect to Boston, the king of clam chowder (or more accurately, chowda), but this bowl from Hog Island Oyster in Napa pretty much changed my life a couple of weeks ago. I liked it so much, in fact, that when we visited San Francisco’s Ferry Building, I had to [...]
I always love spending time in NYC and with such a limited amount of it, I hit the ground running once I got settled into my hotel. This is a view from the 36th floor, by the way. I stood on the couch (barefoot, of course) and got some pretty [...]
I’ve always been a sucker for a good travel memoir, and since Ann Mah’s Mastering the Art of French Eating involved Paris, Provence and the like and the country’s most celebrated cuisine including crepes, cassoulet and all matters of cheese, well, it was practically a no-brainer. Even if I’d just [...]
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than a banana split or a peanut buster parfait from good ol’ Dairy Queen. What can I say? I was a girl with simple tastes. So imagine my surprise when I ordered a banana split to share with the hubby in [...]
Was downloading the pics off my phone from my recent visit to Colorado Springs, and I came across this little gem that my sister took. Oh yeah, the croissants, the flaky, buttery naughtiness that totally made our whole day. Pure heaven, I tell ya. There’s this cute little bistro in [...]
I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks (!!!) since we returned from our whirlwind week in NYC, but alas, it has, and I haven’t even (gasp!) downloaded our vacation pictures from my phone. But even though I’m way behind on the downloading, that doesn’t mean I can’t write about [...]
While Rome is just one of many cities I have Travelocity track the fares for, I know that short of winning the lotto, a trip back to Italy probably isn’t in the cards anytime soon. But when doing a little research for Will and I’s upcoming pilgrimage to NYC, I [...]
