Category: food (of all types)
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Hotel Crashing: W Retreat and Spa, Vieques
The W Retreat and Spa in Vieques is like the hipster, musician boyfriend you dated way back in the day: uber-cool, way too sexy and smart for a nerd like you. Your street cred is instantly bumped up just by telling people that you are staying at such a cool, unique, and awesome “retreat.” But…
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Totally Pretentious Food Truck Review: Sol Food in Vieques
Let’s go international for this Totally Pretentious Food Truck Review! Actually, Puerto Rico isn’t international, but whatever. It was tropical, and so was the food at Sol Food in Vieques. Sol Food is on the corner of a busy intersection on the road to the National Wildlife Refuge. Now in its third season, Sol Food…
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Food Porn: Juan in a Million’s The Don Juan
Even as you read this, I am hurtling through the sky, heading to God’s Country, aka Texas. Specifically, Austin. I got my bachelor’s degree in Austin at the fine University of Texas. Took me seven years. And, if you’ve ever been to Austin, you know why it took me seven years. Why would you hurry…
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Food Porn Paris Part Deux: Where the Salt Meets the Caramel
Sick of hearing me blather and brag about my wonderful weekend in Paris yet? Too bad! You guuuuyyyys, I haven’t even gotten to the best parts yet. Oh wait. I did already write about the shoes, didn’t I? Yeah, those were the best part. But other interesting stuff happened as well, I swear. Just humor…
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Food Porn: No Such Thing as Bad Wine in Paris
One of the things I was most looking forward to on our Paris trip was eating. Let me rephrase that slightly, one of the things I most look forward to anytime I take a trip is eating. But in Paris, this was especially the case. It’s just such a foodie town. And this trip was…
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Occupy Paris: Viva Le Canard!
I work in downtown DC, just a block or two over from K Street, which is where a lot of the lobbying shops are set up. So I’ve been running into some of these guys quite a bit, since they like to march over to K Street everyday around quitting time and yell at the lobbyists.…
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Five Stages of Porktober Acceptance
*WARNING: A pig was most definitely harmed in the making of this post. If you’re squeamish, skip this one. If you like tasty, delicious pork and all it’s derivatives, read on. There comes a time in every girl’s life when she realizes she is not in control of her relationship. She is not the driver…