Category Archives: Chomping Around Town
Chomping Around Town: Philadelphia Cheesesteaks
We were in Philadelphia this past weekend for a retreat with Jon’s department. The last time I had been in Philadelphia, other than a quick trip last fall to a spa for a story in DAYSPA magazine, was in 1994, when … Continue reading
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Chomping Around Town: Ciya Sofrasi (Istanbul)
**My Travel Hats is featuring its own Restaurant Week, in which a not-to-miss restaurant from around the world is showcased each day.** There’s an astronomical clock tower in Prague where statues of the Four Evils hang out: Greed, Death, Vanity and … Continue reading
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Chomping Around Town: Joe’s Restaurant (Venice, CA)
**This is part of My Travel Hats’ Restaurant Week series of select restaurants from around the world** Go West, young man! We switch over to my former home, where I’ve left my heart. No, not San Francisco, but Santa Monica. … Continue reading
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Chomping Around Town: East Coast Grill (Boston)
***This week, My Travel Hats is having its own Restaurant Week, in which I’ll feature a not-to-miss, must-dine eatery in select cities.*** Across the Charles River of Boston, there lies a nice little community of Cambridge, where some of the smartest scholars in … Continue reading
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My Travel Hats adds: Chomping Around Town
(above: an amazing food stall at the market in Florence) Surprise! It was about time I started in with one of my favorite activities and highlights of traveling: eating. Soon you’ll start to find entries specific to food highlights, … Continue reading
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Getting Lost In: Eastern Shore, Maryland
How to crab: -Find an empty place along the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (We chose Janes Island State Park near Crisfield). -Tie a chicken neck to a piece of twine and toss into water. Hold other end. Wait to feel … Continue reading
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Getting Lost In: Southern Florida
I have to admit: after living in southern California, I could never quite extend the same warm fuzzy feeling to Florida. Particularly when it rains practically your entire trip. There I was flying into the coastline with the waves beating … Continue reading
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Getting Lost In: [suburban] Chicago!
Ah, Chicago. What I find most interesting about Chicago is not the city itself, but how connected with its suburbs I’ve become. My first taste of Chicago was a t-shirt from my cousin who went to Northwestern, but he spent most of … Continue reading
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Getting Lost In: Paris, sleeping and shopping like a local (part un)
I spent four months in Paris in the fall of 2007, short enough to still have money (with the euro rising to $1.45) and to still love the city as a live-in tourist, but long enough to fall into the … Continue reading
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