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Ok, so, this is it. The last post (of five) on Barcelona. I am focusing this post on the delightful food presentations at the market and a couple of restaurants we ate in during our week in this glorious Spanish city. We didn’t eat in any really fancy places. Having just spent...
When our friends in Vail suggested that we go to the Tennessee Pass Cook house I had visions of an old log structure, parts and pieces added on with a huge stone fireplace in the center. I suspected the views would be lovely because our hosts said we’d hike a mile up to get […]
Yesterday I wrote about my favorite things to do in Paris and asked for readers to respond with ideas of their own. Well, I got lucky. John Brosky, formerly of Grand Rapids, Mi shared his thoughts and generously agreed to let me post them here. He is a free lance writer living in Paris with...
A young film editor from Chicago asked me recently if there are any things that I always do when I go to Paris. We were sitting next to each other at a Hidden Kitchen dinner in Paris discussing the fact it was her first trip to Paris and my tenth. The question has intrigued me […]
I had two really big surprises when we arrived at the Gregans Castle Hotel in the area known as the Burren in the western part of Ireland. The first one was that it wasn’t a castle. Actually that was a good thing. When I booked the hotel in the western part of Ireland in […]
We did a rather odd thing in a way in Paris last week. We attended a private dinner party hosted by two young ex-pats in their grand old Right Bank apartment where we didn’t know our hosts or the other guests. The guests were mostly American and we paid to attend this dinner. Kinda odd...
The 7th Arrondissement is a place that everyone visits when they go to Paris. It’s the home of the Eiffel Tower, that amazing iconic structure that was built for a World’s Fair and become the symbol for this City of Light. The grounds around the Tower pulsate with tourists from all...
PHOTO CREDIT: www.contentwire.com When people visit Prague they return raving about the massive medieval castle on the hill, the historic Charles Bridge, the famous Astronomical Clock. They praise the Old Town Square, the steeples, spires and turrets of buildings in a myriad of architectural...
The Cottonwood restaurant commands the best seat in town, overlooking downtown Truckee, California from within one of the nation’s oldest ski lodges. Our group enjoyed a cozy dinner there one night under the votive lit chandelier during our week in the Lake Tahoe area. It was a terrific...
When my husband came home one day talking about an interview he heard on NPR, I was immediately interested in the topic: Alinea. An award-winning restaurant in Chicago and its Chef: Grant Achatz, The avant-garde restaurant and the chef have won accolades galore for innovative cuisine. Atchatz...