It has always honestly mystified me why Queens has such a bad rap among hardcore New Yorkers. Yes, it lacks some of the aesthetic qualities of Brooklyn. Yes, it’s more closely connected to Midtown than cool Downtown. But why is it so much worse than the Bronx and even Staten Island? I mean, Manhattanites don’t [...]
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Peter found this review of Aces yesterday. Utterly slams the place, and then says: The saving grace is the food. Uh. Thank goodness, considering it’s a restaurant. For all the space aliens reading, that’s a place where you go to eat food. This does point to a fundamental schism in the world of restaurant customers. [...]
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Since I just wrote my acknowledgments for The Rough Guide to Mexico, which included a shout-out to the extremely kind and helpful staff at Budget Rent-a-Car at the Cancun airport, I also remembered I had this photo. Here’s what the road to/from Hell looks like: Pretty, huh? Don’t be deceived. Ignore the palm trees and [...]
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From the generous marketing department at UglyRipes HQ, I got nine of these behemoth tomatoes in the mail. They arrived during the dreariest stretch of February, and we consumed them at a rate of more than one per day. We were extremely sad to see them go. Before I get into the UglyRipes and their [...]
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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
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