In Chengdu we stopped at a western-style restaurant for dinner. As we’re traveling we do try to eat locally, especially at markets, but every so often we need to feed the kids familiar food to perk up their mood or just give them a chance to carbo-load on bread or pasta. In this case, we [...]
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My husband and I are both Irish. We moved to the U.S. in 1995. Since then, we’ve spent only a couple of Christmases in Ireland but mostly, since international travel is so expensive during the winter holidays, we’ve stayed in Seattle. We hosted our first holiday party in Dublin, and so it made sense to [...]
This semi-carved roast pig greeted us as we entered the Mercado Central in Old Town Quito, Ecuador. I had to take a photo for my pig-roasting friends. The market is organized into sections for produce, fruits, meat, fish, poultry, etc. This photo of a produce-seller’s stall gives you a feel for the abundance and variety [...]
BigB and I stopped for coffee in Kona on our way to the airport after three really fun days on the Big Island. The Lava Java cafe is perfectly situated on the Kona waterfront for a sun-soaked relaxing coffee stop and some people-watching. BigB, as you can see was more interested in the cafe’s excellent [...]
