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Tag: Travel

Eating Through Oak Island and Southport, NC – Part 1

In preparation and eager anticipation for our move to Oak Island, North Carolina, my husband and I have been visiting the island, both on and off-season. The past week, mid-march was our third visit. The first was in last June when we fell in love with the place and bought our home. The second visit,… Read More Eating Through Oak Island and Southport, NC – Part 1

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 lsbanuLeave a comment

Sway, Sweat and Sip in Costa Rica

Think back to memories where you were so immersed in the experience that either you couldn’t or wouldn’t stop to take a picture. For this reason, cherished memories of my recent trip to Costa Rica doesn’t make for a good social media post. For my own sake, I’ll try my best to share and reflect… Read More Sway, Sweat and Sip in Costa Rica

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 lsbanu4 Comments

Chef Alain Passard and l’Arpege Experience

How do I justify spending a small fortune for one evening?  Was the experience worth possibly hundreds of rescued books (my currency)? Yes. Yes, it was. Thankfully. Particularly when one takes into account the imaginative time of anticipation and the echoed time of appreciation. Our June 22nd dinner at l’Arpege began at least nine months… Read More Chef Alain Passard and l’Arpege Experience

August 23, 2017 lsbanuLeave a comment

5 Food Lessons from Paris in June

Despite the sin of blogging an event weeks later, here I am. To me, my summer travels are still fresh and worth reliving, even if just to extend the trip a bit longer. Here are five lessons I learned. 1. Pastries, desserts, macarons are experiences of contradiction. Light and airy yet decadent and buttery. Sweets… Read More 5 Food Lessons from Paris in June

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 lsbanu2 Comments

Hunger, courage and a snack in Oslo

I found a bench for myself and began gnawing greedily at my snack. It did me a lot of good; it had been a long time since I’d had such an ample meal, and I gradually felt that same sense of satiated repose you experience after a good cry. My courage rose markedly; I was… Read More Hunger, courage and a snack in Oslo

June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 lsbanu3 Comments

Hungryphil Eats London: Borough Market Food Tour

It was an expectedly cool spring day in London. Atiya and I waited at a nearby Starbucks for our much-anticipated food tour near London Bridge.  I was worried that our next hours would be so focused on keeping warm that we might miss the food fun. Atiya will happily attest to my pre-tour cranky mood.… Read More Hungryphil Eats London: Borough Market Food Tour

March 20, 2017 lsbanu2 Comments

Cuban Coffee Chronicles – Day 7

Las Terrazas a reclaimed coffee plantation is a self-sustaining community project, a designated UNESCO biosphere reserve since 1984. Bird watching, hiking, horseback riding are among the offering. A community of over 1000 inhabitants and the area has schools, a daycare, a small clinic, library, ration store and a coffee shop. Maria, pictured below was the… Read More Cuban Coffee Chronicles – Day 7

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 lsbanuLeave a comment

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