Today when we started Day 2 of Buying Things We Don’t Need, Jon got sucked in by the snake guys in Marrakesh’s main square, Djemma el Fna (see creepy photo above). Here’s how the Snake Guys work: they spot you, the big dumb tourist, wandering around the Djemma el Fna with a guidebook. Actually, scratch [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Shopping in Marrakesh: An Afternoon in the Souks
Posted in Morocco, Travel, tagged Djemma el Fna, Marrakech, snake touts, souks on January 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Bonjour from Marrakech
Posted in Morocco, Travel, tagged harira, Le Foundouk, Marrakech, Medina, pastilla, pigeon, riad, Riad de l'Orangeraie, taxi from Marrakesh airport on January 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Clearly, after putting in almost three weeks’ time at work since the Christmas holiday, Jon and I were in dire need of another vacation.So at 5:15 am, we headed out on a snowy, dark London morning to Gatwick Airport. After waiting two hours on the runway because of the unusual half-inch of snow on the [...]
August 2006: Rome
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged Boccondovino, Giggetto al Portico d'Ottavia, Golden Tulip hotel, Hotel de Russie, Hotel Eden, Il Bacaro, Maccheroni, Piccolo Abruzzo, Roma Pass, Rome, Rome in August, Rome restaurants, San Crispino gelato, Volpetti on January 21, 2007 | 7 Comments »
In late August, we spent five days in Rome. The weather was good, but I think a lot of the better restaurants were closed for the August getaway (feria) that Romans observe, or at least, that’s what I tell myself because many of our meals were hit-or-miss despite deep research. That said, pasta courses were [...]
June 2006: Provence
Posted in France, Travel, tagged Arles, Beaume de Venise, Cairanne, Domaine de l'Ameillaud, L'Olivade restaurant, Le Mesclun restaurant, Luberon, markets in Provence, Mas de Figues, Menerbes, Oppede le Vieux, Orange, Provence, Provence restaurants, Seguret, St. Remy de Provence, Vaison la Romaine on January 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Jon and I, along with Anthony and Sara, rented a house for a week in the heart of the Rhone wine country, in a town called Cairanne (pop. 865, no joke). The house sat in the middle of a working vineyard (Domaine de l’Ameillaud) and had a pretty exterior and a modern and comfy interior. [...]
May 2006: Amsterdam
Posted in Germany and Netherlands, Travel, tagged Anne Frank House, eating in Amsterdam, Leidseplein Marriott, Pancake Bakery, Paradiso, Rijksmuseum renovation, rijsttaffel, Sahid Jaya, Van Gogh Museum, Yellow Bike Tour, Zuid Zeeland on January 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over May bank holiday (which coincides roughly with Memorial Day weekend), Jon and I went to Amsterdam for four days to hang out with Anthony, who’d flown in to relax and celebrate completing his MD PhD. A well-deserved celebration, and Amsterdam was the perfect choice for fun and games thanks to its gorgeous canals and [...]
Draper’s Arms, Islington
Posted in Everyday in London, Islington, London Eating, tagged Angel, Draper's Arms, gastropubs near Angel, Islington, London gastropubs, London restaurants on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a pretty uneventful week, which is why my posts have focused on neighborhood restaurants.Today was notable only for the high winds blowing in London. My coworkers (and later on, Jon and my friend Jane) were reciting to me the mounting death toll “because of the wind,” and both Jon and Jane had their [...]
Le Sacre Coeur Bistro, Islington
Posted in Everyday in London, Islington, London Eating, tagged Angel, bistro near Angel, Islington, London restaurants, Sacre Coeur bistro, Upper Street on January 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday night, Jon and I browsed one of our favorite cookbooks, Thomas Keller’s Bouchon, for inspiration. We love the prose, explanations, and recipes, but what really sucks us in and gets the tummy rumbling are the gorgeous photos of bistro food. Not feeling up to cooking a Thomas Keller meal that night (but which [...]
Palm Beach County: The Florida Routine
Posted in Travel, tagged Florida, Palm Beach, snowbirds in Florida on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The pool photo above is taken during a break from my rigorous morning of reading and dozing off in a chaise. When you need a break from the gloom and rain of London, you could do worse than find a pool in Florida in 80-degree sunshine. During Phase 2 of our trip back to the [...]
Christmas in New Hampshire
Posted in Travel, tagged eating in Boston, OSushi restaurant, southern New Hampshire on January 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Christmas isn’t Christmas unless you’ve had my mother’s egg rolls, sticky rice and shrimp with broccoli. Luckily, Jon and I were able to escape the fog in London and spend time in New Hampshire with my family. The weather was pretty warm (in the low 60s), so of course we had to rent a copy [...]
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