Travel

  • 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

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