After the confusing experience of getting to Slovakia, we were ready to take advantage of the rest of the daylight hours (and stretch our legs) by hiking up to the castle and enjoying sweeping...
Blog posts from Food & Drink
who knew there were so many Christmas markets in Vienna?!?
Our first day in Vienna was more like a half day as we arrived around 3pm and the sun was already well on it's way to setting for the evening. We settled into our very lovely room at the Le Meridian...
three new (to us!) Durham establishments in two days
Eric and I have a list of restaurants to try that is added to constantly as new places open or we read a good review. Last night we got to try two new places, Whiskey and Dos Perros. Originally, we...
a very relaxing morning
For my birthday this year, Eric got me a spa package at Umstead Spa in Cary. Because of my sister's wedding, our trip to Peru and the NC nonprofit's conference were all back to back in...
Miraflores and La Mar
Our cab from the airport (a reasonable 60 solas [$20] for 4 people) dropped us off in the heart of Miraflores and from there we set off to explore the area and spend some time before lunch. Eric and...
surprise birthday dinner @ Four Square
Everything was exceptional, including my antelope main course and the chocolate trio dessert!
wine bottle oopsie
This post about embarrassing moments in bottle opening over on Dr. Vino had me thinking back to Eric's mishap with a fancy and extremely hard to use bottle opener in Montana. We managed to get most...
Long Island wine on 4th of July
It's been a year and a half since the last time we went wine tasting on the North Fork but the weather was great over the 4th of July weekend, so we decided to chance the crowds on Saturday and...
the perfect potstickers
I got a pound of ground pork from my CSA and I wanted to use it to make some dumplings. After a quick internet search, I came upon Alton Brown's recipe for the perfect potstickers. I vaguely...
Triangle Restaurant Week: Il Palio
Our final stop for Triangle Restaurant Week was Il Palio, located in The Siena Hotel in Chapel Hill. We have been wanting to try this place out more or less since we moved to NC and we figured now...
Triangle Restaurant Week: Solas
Last night we had our second Triangle Restaurant Week dining experience at Solas on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. We've driven past this place a number of times and from the look of things, knew it...
how Amalah helped me perfect my patatas bravas
Last year Amy Storch (amalah.com) and her husband Jason (dcfoodies.com) appeared on an episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay as judges. The challenge was moules frites and there are not many things...
Triangle Restaurant Week: Four Square
This week is Triangle Restaurant Week, where many local restaurants feature prix fixe menus in order to encourage people to try new places, so last night we visited Four Square in Durham. After...
The French Laundry
For those of you that know about The French Laundry, this post will probably cement the fact that you should go at least once in your lifetime and once you do, it will be clear that this experience...
Napa Valley Wineries
Wow. We had such a nice time tasting wines in Napa Valley, mostly in the St Helena and Yountville areas. Eric already mentioned the who, so now that I'm back in NC and can edit the photos... here...
San Francisco
Today we had a four-hour lunch - yes, 4 hours! - at the famous French Laundry in Napa Valley, then made our way back to San Francisco. View of downtown San Francisco from the 12th floor of the...
having a great time in napa
We arrived in San Francisco late last night, and made our way to St. Helena this morning. Today we tasted wines at Rombauer, lunch at Domaine Chandon, Jarvis, Silver Oak, and finally Beringer....
a good month so far…
We've been a bit lax with updates, in part because we post many of our quickie updates on Facebook, but so far we've had a great month. Some of the highlights: Had one of my UNC papers accepted to...
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)