Restaurants

Hawaii Feasting: A Week in Review

Hawaii Feasting: A Week in Review

Update 2022: Sadly, my favorite restaurant 3660 on the Rise closed. Update 2021: Sadly, Li'l Soul Cafe is no longer in business. I'm back in Hawaii, my one and only true home. After recent events it's great to be in a place where I can hug the ones I love whenever I...

Experiencing Edinburgh

Experiencing Edinburgh

In some earlier posts I talked about our trip to the UK this past spring and I thought I'd go back and share one of the highlights of the trip. It was the first time to Scotland for a couple of us and we found a fantastic way to explore the city, a walking tour...

DC Weekend Getaway

DC Weekend Getaway

The time to not visit Boston is on or around September 1st. It's when all the yearly apartment leases turn over and when the more than 250,000 students flood back into the city for a new school year. Around that time, if I can possibly arrange it, I'm far,...

Ottolenghi Love

Ottolenghi Love

Last Christmas a friend gave me Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook, Plenty. I'd never heard of the chef or his restaurants but I couldn't wait to try the recipes, especially the one on the cover - Eggplant with buttermilk sauce. In researching for our UK trip I looked...

London – I’m Here for the Food

London – I’m Here for the Food

There are many reasons why I travel. First and foremost to be with friends and family that I love. Secondly to see or do new things, have adventures. But after that I'm there for the food - high brow, street food, local fast food, I want it all. Earlier this year I...