It’s so true: Driving makes you fat. By the end of 15 days in New Mexico in rented Ford Focus, I felt like a sluggish, sunburned blimp. (The air up there is thin–I got a redneck sunburn on my first long drive, propping my arm on the driver-side window frame.) Here’s the terrible conundrum of [...]
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I’m not in the habit of weighing myself, but after ten days in Amsterdam, I’m sure I lost weight. And it’s not an isolated incident: this happens on every trip. It also happens to Peter, who was the first one to identify this seemingly contradictory phenomenon. Here are the apparent components of this miraculous weight-loss [...]
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Just to give you a sense of context, that’s the current motto of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Yes, Fab!ulicious, with the exclamation point. When has an airport ever been so cool? And when has a city ever been so cool as on April 30, Queen’s Day? According to the Metro paper (Amsterdam is so cool, it [...]
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From the Polenblog, it’s, uh, a little late, but perhaps for all of those who still have some matzah to use up? I personally have sampled both of Twin C’s tasty specialties, and they’re great: Work is at its regular intolerable levels. Short day today. Seeing my friend Kara’s dance production at Symphony Space. Then [...]
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I'm Zora O'Neill. I travel and eat. I'm a:
*Guidebook author for Lonely Planet, Moon and Rough Guides
*Co-author of cookbook Forking Fantastic! Put the Party back in Dinner Party
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