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I flew into Sacto Thursday morning for a workshop. The hotel did not look promising from the outside, especially location-wise. But the room was beautiful and quiet. The view was nothing to write home about. After the workshop I couldn’t … Continue reading →

My mom’s sister Mary Louise passed away Friday at the age of 97. She owned one of the farms we used to stay at when I was little. I remember eating rhubarb conserves straight out of the jar. I still … Continue reading →

  Saturday there were no workshops and my flight wasn’t until the evening, so we decided to go to Red Rock. We stopped for breakfast at the Roadfood-reviewed Mary’s Hash House. It is not to be confused with Hash House-a-Go … Continue reading →

Friday I was in workshops all day, but I had time to run across the street to Caesar’s to Rao’s. Yes, RAO’S! I was so excited! I was a little sad they don’t have the red peppers at lunch. I’ve … Continue reading →

Thursday night I went to Serendipity 3 at Caesar’s Palace with some friends for dinner. The New York location has been around since the 50s. It was Andy Warhol’s favorite place for sweets and he paid in drawings. The Las … Continue reading →

So a group of casinos have this deal called Buffet of Buffets. For $45 you can eat at any of 5 buffets as much as you want during 24 hours. If I timed it to have my first breakfast late … Continue reading →

Before embarking on this journey, it was hard to see Latvia in anything but shades of grey. We learned that it is actually a vibrant green. We had watched a tour video so depressing that we started saying to each other … Continue reading →

We finally found 36 Linea down on the beach. It was a little chilly to eat outside, but the patio was gorgeous. When it came time to order the waiter started pushing soup. But I didn’t want soup. Bridin got … Continue reading →

Our last day in Yurmula I had a backrub and we went to eat at Annoe’s Asian – Chinese, Indian and Thai. I stuck with the Indian. Standard Tikka Masala. For dinner on our last night we had fancy dinner … Continue reading →

Jurmula, roughly translated as “by the sea” is a collection of towns along 30 metres of the Gulf of Riga. We spent a fantastic and rejuvinating three nights in the small resort town of Majori. The Jurmula Hotel and Spa … Continue reading →

I kept calling this town Valdimort til I realized that was a Harry Potter villain. We went to visit more relatives. They took us down to the beach by the harbour. We also drove past a lot of public art, … Continue reading →

Yesterday we flew to Latvia to meet up with Bob’s mom, Bridgin. It was like that movie, “Planes Trains and Automobiles.”  Between bad weather, a broken lavatory and general panic, we spent over 18 hours in the air. The first … Continue reading →

Domenick’s Pizza House has been located right next to the railroad tracks in Carson since 1955. Whether it is on the good side of the tracks or the bad side of the tracks on Avalon Boulevard has changed more than … Continue reading →

On my last day in Atlanta, my taxi driver/local guide turned me on to this sort of Farmers Market/Granville Island collection of food and shops called Curb Mart. Red Velvet Whoopie Pie. Wouldn’t you? For my last meal in Atlanta, … Continue reading →