July 2010

Cool Cancun & Isla Mujeres App

by zora on July 15, 2010

Check it, guapos! Your Cancun vacation just got a million times better! With Sutro Media, I’ve just published my collected wisdom on Cancun and Isla Mujeres in the form of a snappy little iPhone app, Cool Cancun & Isla Mujeres. It’s got more than 100 listings. Because it’s me writing, of course it’s a little [...]

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New Mexico #6: Gallup Flea Market Haul

by zora on July 12, 2010

I already posted this on Facebook and Twitter, but here you go again, in case you missed it: my “haul video” from the Gallup flea market. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, here’s a sensible NPR person explaining it.) OMG, the shopping was totes guh-reat in New Mexico! I am so happy [...]

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New Mexico #5: Top Tastes

by zora on July 9, 2010

I ate a lot of good stuff. There’s a Flickr set here, showcasing my post-trip belly. Highlights included: *Doughnut from a bakery on 2nd Street in Raton, NM It had all the crunch of a good cake doughnut, and all the airiness of a perfect yeast one. The bakery is this very bare-bones operation–a huge [...]

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New Mexico #4: Reading a Menu

by zora on July 6, 2010

I drove around in the middle of nowhere for quite some time: Chama, Tierra Amarilla, Cimarron, Clayton, Springer, Wagon Mound. In those places, menus say “Eggs” and “Steak” and “Side of bacon.” It’s pretty straightforward. So by the time I rolled back into fancy-pants New Mexico, where they use figurative speech and throw their adjectives [...]

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