Travel
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Travel Dreams
Places I am either definitely going or hope to go to in 2011: DC, Vegas, Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, London, Thailand, Maine, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans . . . Time to start saving up! (PS, this photo is from my trip back from Tales of the Cocktail when I was lugging all kinds of boozy
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Giving Thanks
Had a wonderful Thanksgiving just outside of Nashville that included more amazing meals than I can count, a deboned and double-breasted turkey, Doyle & Debbie, Prince's Hot Chicken, The Patterson House, some exercise, and plenty of smiles, laughter, and love. The full album is here.
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Nashville-Bound
Heading to Nashville for Thanksgiving. I know nothing about Nashville for the most part, except that it always conjures up this Indigo Girls song for me: Have an amazing Thanksgiving, y'all!
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Pacific Time
I returned to NYC from LA on Thursday night but still feel somewhat like I'm running on Pacific time — I slept until 11 both days this weekend (which doesn't happen that often). It could be that I'm just recovering from the trip generally, as it was jam-packed. I drove straight from the airport to
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I’m Driving in My Car . . .
. . . I turn on the radio. Yes, I am still capable of driving with the radio on. After all that anxiety, I will admit, I'm really enjoying tooling around L.A. in my Ford Focus hybrid. It's a zippy little number with a sunroof and pretty good pickup, it handles well, and my GPS
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Walking in L.A.
As you read this I'm already on a plane to L.A. Freaking out a bit about the whole car culture thing, as I'm a huge walker, but I think it's more anxiety about driving in a city I don't know or understand at all than the acutal driving — every time I get behind a
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Vacation Transition
After a long weekend in the woods of Maine, I'm now off to the beach — Kismet, on Fire Island — for the remainder of the week. Even if the weather doesn't cooperate, there will be plenty of relaxing to do. See you on Sunday!
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Cabin-Bound
Just a taste of what awaits me over a long weekend in Maine — lobster, lake, friends & family. Off to the woods, y'all. See you when I return.
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Relaxation Therapy
I haven't been getting nearly enough down time lately, so when I received a last minute invitation to head out to West Hampton this weekend, I jumped on it. I took a stupidly early train on Saturday which afforded me a full beach day — and the weather couldn't have been more gorgeous. Just what the
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To Keep You Entertained
until I can pull it together to write up my summary of Tales of the Cocktail, I offer this Sazerac picture and my latest posts on Serious Eats NY to keep you entertained. Mix It Up: NYC in NOLA – The Sazerac Meet & Eat: Katherine Thompson, Pastry Chef Mix It Up: Non-Alcoholic Cocktails at Rouge Tomate