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-...