The Good (and I can’t believe I’m saying this): Alex Witchel’s column in the New York Times yesterday (“To the Things That Remain”). A lovely ode to the vanishing lifestyle of smoking-with-dinner, via a time-warp steakhouse in Chicago. The accompanying recipe, however, made me not want to eat there: iceberg lettuce with salami and shrimp? [...]
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Thanksgiving in Savannah was lovely. I splurged on a heritage turkey from Heritage Foods, even though I didn’t have a chance to spy on the bird via webcam in the days leading up to his demise, which is one of the brilliant selling points of these birds. We at least savored the heartwarming stories of [...]
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Rick Steves, the guy who has been writing guidebooks to Europe for more than thirty years–such opinionated, niche guides, incidentally, that he doesn’t even bother covering Geneva in his guide to Switzerland–has just written a little essay about what his daily research life is like: “Confessions of a guidebook writer” on cnn.com. Except he doesn’t [...]
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I just posted trip photos over on Flickr: see the Mexico Nov 07 set for a semi-thematic treatment.
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