Outpost 505

I might have mentioned before that we’re not good at road tripping. Which is to say: we don’t enjoy driving. Long drives almost always mean traffic, construction, excessive junk food, and, if we’re visiting my family, terrible weather. Seriously, it … Continue reading →

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Beyond the obvious getting away from it all, there were a couple of reasons we were eager to leave on vacation. First, it’s been effing hot here.  Has it been hot where you are?  Do you have air conditioning?  If … Continue reading →

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The sixth in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. I’m not going to lie: Momofuku Ssäm Bar let me down. Maybe it was that I had walked 30 blocks from … Continue reading →

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The fifth in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. Oh how I wish I’d taken photos of the dinner I shared with Dan at The Breslin. Photo by karigee The Breslin came highly recommended by my friend Shana – in fact, she gave a blanket [...]

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We were home for the long weekend – in fact, this was the first weekend home and with no houseguests since mid May – so we seized the opportunity to take a quick afternoon trip to the u-pick farms.  We’d hoped to pick strawberries or raspberries, but found ourselves on the cusp of both seasons, [...]

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The fourth in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. Brunch in the garden at Le Gamin on my second morning in New York: a perfectly poached egg atop a wedge of chevre-potato cake, surrounded by ratatouille. Café au lait served in a bowl. Sunshine and [...]

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The third in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. A few weeks before my trip, I posted a request for restaurant recommendations on Twitter and Facebook. I ate well on previous trips to New York, but have gotten significantly more into food since my last [...]

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The second in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. My trip to New York was a dream. Actually getting to New York, however, was a giant pain in the ass. Someone explain to me exactly how air travel has gotten LESS convenient and MORE miserable [...]

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The first in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. We’re Mario Batali fans around here, so Eataly was at the top of my To Do list upon arriving in New York Friday night.  Opened in 2010 in partnership with Lidia Bastianich and others, Eataly is [...]

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Would you look at this fancy lady? Jackie’s birthday fell on the first full day of ACRL, so after my early morning presentation and a day of conferencing, we were determined to find some sort of mischief befitting two fancy ladies celebrating a special occasion. That is how we found ourselves at Varga Bar, which [...]

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