Every once in a while, I need a vacation that is not based on eating. An anti-food vacation. Green Valley Spa in St. George, UT was a great place for this type of getaway. The surroundings are breathtaking, the beds...
So the last day of my trip in New York was spent at the Lincoln center watching: Tom Stoppard's new trilogy The Coast of Utopia. That's nice Kristen- but maybe too esoteric for you to talk about on your food...
Friday morning started out with breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien with some more recent students of mine- most of them were too young for a beer (with me anyway) but old enough for coffee: That's Brian- when he was a...
Mom's best friend, Ellen, moved to New York a few years ago. Ellen is one of my favorite people- and definitely my favorite Republican. We share a love for food - she has even helped me plan and cook for...
When I was in high school, I remember every other public school in the greater bay area having this awesome hiatus in February called Ski Week. I was totally jealous because even though February is only 28 days, it seemed...
Welcome to Skyline Park in Napa. You probably had no idea that this park existed because when you go to Napa, you go wine tasting. Felix and I aren't very good at wine tasting. He gets sick, I get drunk,...
Well, I'll tell you. Every year since I was five, my family has spent one week each summer on an organic farm with my dad's friends from college. 4 families, 8 kids (between the ages of 24 and 30), 4...
One of the dangers of traveling to China is eating the food, and I'm not talking about cleanliness. I'm talking about the fact that there doesn't seem to be any light food in China! Where are all the salads? Everything...
We would feel a little embarrassed if we went to Beijing and didn't take a trip to The Great Wall. The wall is pretty amazing, but what is more amazing are the crowds. It feels like yesterday, everybody in China...
Since arriving in Beijing, I've either turned into a model or a freak (probably the latter considering how well I'm doing with the jet lag...ahem...not very). People stare at me as if they had never seen a white person before-...
Ok, so this blog does not do justice to the fun and food I had in New York- and I haven't even talked about the theater (but I can do that later)- but I have to put something up now...
So I've been putting off blogging because there is so much great material! I'm starting to realize that I just need to put stuff up even though I won't be able to go in depth on everything. I'll do two...
Dad noticed there was a mirror and thought it was a great photo opportunity. Wow, I don’t know anybody else like that… We are at L’Express- Dad felt that he was cheated from his bistro dinner because Boris Bistro was...
When I heard of a certain restaurant in Montreal that “single-handedly raised the gastronomic expectations for the entire city”, I knew that restaurant would be a contender for our upscale dinner. Toque used to be in the Plateau region but...
What a quaint European-yet-North-American city. It feels European because the buildings are old (meaning older than 100 years) and the fact that everyone around us is speaking French. I actually took French in high school which means I can speak...
Kristen, why is there no picture of you holding Sarah’s baby?Ok, so this is the truth: I’m little scared of babies. It’s not like I have nightmares about them chasing me, but I’m always afraid that when I’m holding one,...
And this summer I'll be on it! Oh Canada- I've never been to you. A few weekends ago Felix and I got into a conversation about the traveling we'd done and I did a run down of the countries I'd...
Our best meal on Maui was at the Banyan Tree inside the Ritz Carlton Kapalua. Where is Kapalua? Well, if you imagine Maui is shaped like a turtle, with his head at northwest and his body at southeast- the Ritz...
I thought I was going to dissect and blog about each and every meal and snack on Maui. I thought since I was on spring break I would just write and pay attention to my faithful readers who have been...
We are in Maui!! (Well, were in Maui-we’re back now) There is something so rejuvenating about Hawaii. It’s humid, but it seems to hydrate your skin. It’s hot- but the beach and our 4 pools all connected by waterslides and...
It’s spring break! (insert chorus of Hallelujahs here) On Saturday we were in Vegas. Vegas is such and interesting place because everybody in America (and really beyond) goes there whether they are rich, poor, blobular, anorexic, white, black, San Franciscian,...
