Follow my blog with Bloglovin Brits like tea. A stereotype my travels have proven true…the majority of the time. So, in proper British style, I of course had to partake in afternoon tea while visiting Liverpool. Although a fancy hat and a posh accent, are two things only a true Brit can sport with ease, I conjured up my […]
Da Peppino: Italian Food Worth Traveling For
Da Peppino is the type of place where locals shuffle in and out all evening. They come to pick up their take away chicken and chips packaged in white deli paper by the woman manning the oven. It’s the type of place where you hear the local dialect spoken over Peronis and pizza and everyone seems […]
Tallulah’s Taqueria Has The Best Tacos in Providence
Tallulah’s Taqueria Has The Best Tacos in Providence “Vivir para cocinar, cocinar para vivir”: Live to cook, cook to live. This is the motto found on the menu at the year old Tallulah’s Taqueria in Fox Point. It can also be found tattooed on the owner and chef, Jake Rojas. He and his wife and co-owner, […]
Ogie’s Trailer Park Brings Gourmet Comfort Food to Providence
Ogie’s Trailer Park Brings Gourmet Comfort Food to Providence Ogie’s Trailer Park is the hottest new bar and eatery in Providence. Ogie’s is the absolute perfect summer hangout and winter hideway. The owners of The Duck & Bunny on Wickenden Street, Jessica and Dan Becker, opened Ogie’s on the West side of Providence earlier this year. Ogie’s is […]
Dear Madrid: It’s not you, it’s me
Dear Madrid, We first met over two years ago. My friend Stacy and I used you as a stop-over between Paris and Lisbon. I fell in love with Paris and Lisbon, but you… you and I just didn’t vibe. Despite our not-so-memorable past, I decided to return to you. After eight months in Spain, I […]
What to Eat at El Mercado de San Miguel
What to Eat at El Mercado de San Miguel Just as the stifling heat settled into the streets of Madrid in late May, I and hundreds of others had a brilliant idea to head indoors to the Mercado de San Miguel. It was the only thing I could think of to escape the shear brutality […]
Thaise Snack Bar Bird: Thai Food in Amsterdam
I was kicked out of a restaurant I was kicked out of a restaurant in Amsterdam but ended up at Thaise Snack Bar Bird to eat some of Amsterdam’s favorite Thai food! So, back to getting kicked out. It was one of those restaurants that appears a bit dingy from the front door. Once we were […]
Castlexperience Wine Tours: Barcelona
Castlexperience Wine Tours When my family and I were planning our trip to Barcelona, I was hopeful, that we would be able to fit in a wine tour in addition to my 10 favorite activities. It was Easter week and we were only going to have 5 days in Barcelona. It seemed like a wine tour would […]
Barbecue in Amsterdam: Café de Klos
From the outside, Café de Klos looks like a traditional 17th century brown café. A brown café is the name the Dutch use to describe a quintessential Dutch pub. Café de Klos is actually the best place to go for barbecue in the city. A small wood-paneled room from floor to ceiling with heavy wooden […]
Rotterdam Markthal: A Psychedelic Foodie Paradise
The Rotterdam Markthal in Blaak square opened it’s doors for the first time on October 1, 2014. Since then this complex has been open daily and is a famed national landmark. The first floor is an open market with 96 stands. Situated below it, are a grocery store and a four story parking lot. But […]