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Okay, I'll be the first to admit it... I'm a crappy tourist.  I go to Paris and I don't go in the Louvre.  I go to New York and this is as close to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island that I got:


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We ate at so many great places that it really does take two posts to talk about them all!  While the last was the "breakfast/lunch" version, this is more of the "dinner/dessert" episode.  Yum.

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Honestly, I don't know which city has better food... the restaurants are great in both cities, but NYC has places that stay open later - so that's a plus.  Food is always hard for me when I'm in a new place.  I get a bit obsessive with trying to find a place that is good  and not too touristy.  Sometimes it works, but other times I fret so much ( Read more... )

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Wow!  What a fantastic time we had in NYC!  Our friend Parisa was absolutely the best tour-guide, hostess, bestest friend that one could ever have when visiting a new, fabulous, crazy city like NYC.  As I sort through my photos and memories to make some coherent posts about it, why don't you have a look at her blog "Pillows For the People" where ( Read more... )

It's more like Rocky Mountain headache. I'm at the Denver airport right now. I can look out at what I think are the Rocky Mountains, but it's so damn smoggy that I can't be sure.

Highlights at DEN...

The dress code is what cracks me up.  Especially for the men: Wranglers (!) - as tight as a fella can wear them, which just accentuates the belly that ( Read more... )