Good Eats and Drinks
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Wine Tour in Moldova and an Amazing Wine Cellar
More Details: Wine Tour in Moldova and an Amazing Wine CellarIn deciding to go to Moldova, the last thing that occurred to me was that there was a strong wine sector such that it’d be worthwhile to plan on a wine tasting tour of the local wines. I had NO idea Moldova made any amount of wine! A month before the trip came into my radar, I would have…
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When the Winery Comes to You – Frog’s Leap Wine Tasting
More Details: When the Winery Comes to You – Frog’s Leap Wine TastingNormally, I write about going somewhere but Frog’s Leap winery just came to me instead of me going to it – a phenomenal wine tasting with friends and good food! Since 2001, I have been part of a wine tasting group of friends. Some have cycled out when they moved out of town but the…
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Getting Good Cuban Food in Tampa
More Details: Getting Good Cuban Food in TampaTampa, Florida may not be at the top of your destination list but being close to great beaches and other attractions such as Busch Gardens – and close enough to Orlando – it may be a place you will visit some day. And if you do, do NOT miss out on the great hole-in-the-wall Cuban food…
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A Foodie Tour in the Testaccio Neighborhood in Rome
More Details: A Foodie Tour in the Testaccio Neighborhood in RomeIn Rome, once again, we enjoyed Italian cuisine (carbonara, mi amore!), wine, gelato, architecture, history, and watching people (tourists and locals alike). It seems like those are reason ENOUGH to go to Roma! Nothing like Rome to appreciate cultural diversity and food delights! When I travel with friends, I don’t just travel with anyone. I…
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Doing Rome with a Plan
More Details: Doing Rome with a PlanWhen my friends and I decided upon a trip to Italy focused on Rome, I was really pumped to go back, see some familiar places and get to check off some that, though very important, I had failed to visit in my 2 prior trips to Rome (to my credit, they had been like 3-day…
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Photo of the Week – A Macaron Purple with Envy
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Macaron Purple with EnvyPink macaron has Angelina Jolie lips. The purple macaron has macaron-envy. The pink macaron sticks its tongue out. Instigator. The wine glass stays out of it – so Switzerland. From the Sofitel Water Tower in Chicago during the Windy City Tweetup.
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Experiencing Good Food and Views in Trinidad and Tobago
More Details: Experiencing Good Food and Views in Trinidad and TobagoIt all started with a friend telling me: “I am going to visit my cousin in Trinidad & Tobago over Thanksgiving, do you want come?” Well, the answer to that question is always “yes” (it is like a genetic thing with me) though then I have to check: can I, really. My parents would be…
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Sights and Pleasures in Mykonos
More Details: Sights and Pleasures in MykonosMykonos is known for many things in a wide range of mild-to-wild. The sights and pleasures range accordingly. But Mykonos is more than the headlines. The views and food are phenomenal as are the beaches. I enjoy a few days of this paradise coming straight from Atlanta via JFK and Athens… After landing in Athens,…
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Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to See
More Details: Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to SeeSomeone suggested on a blog I read that reading a blog about a place written by a local can be better for a visitor than a blog about the place written by a visitor. I agree that a local can give a unique perspective though I still like hearing a visitor’s perspective about a place. …
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Five Days in Paris: Adventures On and Off the Beaten Path
More Details: Five Days in Paris: Adventures On and Off the Beaten PathGuest blogger Chris Sanders describes discovering more of Paris off-the-beaten path, and re-visiting some of the jewels Paris is known for. Merci, Chris! ————————————————————————————————————- To celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary, my wife Wendy and I recently spent five days in Paris – a duration much too short if you ask us, but we made the…