All posts tagged: Travel

On My Addiction to Print Media

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I admit, I got a little bit nostalgic when I snapped this picture on the Williamsburg Bridge. Since I moved to Healdsburg a few months ago (well, that clock keeps on ticking, I’ve been here 1/3 of a year somehow, already), I’ve been super content with my small town, restful vibes. I have jazzed to my heart’s content on the Plaza on Tuesday nights and kept the Fitbit active with hikes around Sonoma County. Hooray. So when I went to New York about a month ago for Food Book Fair, I was a bit nervous/excited to break out of my balanced little bubble and re-enter the chaos that is that city. Still, it was for a good cause. I brought a rolling carry on suitcase about 1/3 full because I was planning on returning with lots (I mean, lots) of printed material. Turns out, my worries were unfounded, because I had yes, a very busy, but also highly positive and exciting few days in Brooklyn (I didn’t even make it to Manhattan, oops) for me both …

Taking a Breather from the Concrete Jungle

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Roaming through the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. At a rooftop party recently (how New York of me, I know), I found myself with the perfect (well, nothing’s perfect) analogy to describe how I occasionally feel after a month of living and working in New York City: it’s the same feeling I get when I have that second cup of coffee in the afternoon that I didn’t really need and I feel my pulse racing when I really don’t need it to be. It’s that shot of espresso plus that ingenious fight-or-flight response that has kept us humans alive for so long that keeps many a New Yorker on their toes (and dashing across enormous intersections for dear life), but that also is just utterly exhausting once the adrenaline wears off. Although my (temporary) home in Fort Greene, Brooklyn has been a welcome escape from the craziness of Manhattan, I’ve also looked a little further beyond the walls of the concrete jungle in the last few weeks to just catch my breath …

August 2015

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This is my “to read” pile. Seriously. I love to read. I really do. Books, magazines, blogs, you name it. But sadly, since moving to NYC three weeks (where has this time gone?!) ago and taking on quite a few projects that I always feel slightly behind on, reading has been the thing that has dropped off my radar. It’s almost hilarious that the apartment I’m staying in has one of the most beautifully curated bookshelves I’ve ever seen. And now I have this monster stack of titles sitting on this coffee table thing at my feet while I write this post. Sigh. Anyways, in a throwback to my days in Bra when I read four books during my weeklong staycation, I wanted to tantalize you with the titles that I have waiting for me. I admit, I’m a booktease. 1. The Almost Nearly Perfect People. Recommended to me by a friend who spent a few weeks in Copenhagen. After being in Denmark and seeing lots of blond, smiling, long legged people on bicycles not weaving through traffic …

Lyon: The Food Capital of France

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I don’t speak French so I’m not quite sure what I purchased inside Les Halles. I went for the “judge a book by its cover” method and it turned out pretty ok. So, this trip was a while ago now (scusa), but I did indeed cross the border and go to France. By car. We went under a tunnel connecting the two countries. There was no passport check. I did not drive. The weather was a little bit less than desirable, but that didn’t stop the triumphant trio (I’m working on a name with the same zing as dynamic duo but applying to three individuals) from having a wonderful weekend together. First, I will let y’all in on my new go-to weekend travel consultant: the NYT 36 Hours column. If you are arriving somewhere on a Friday evening, want to have a nice dinner and a drink, get cultured the next day, walk around, again eat well and drink well, and then maybe have a market excursion on Sunday morning, this is a wonderful guide. Also, The …