Portland, Maine was one of the first places we vacationed together, as it’s a short drive–or for us, train ride–from Boston. But we return to Portland again and again because it’s also a fantastic place to visit for many reasons, not least of which, especially lately, is the vibrant food scene. We try to get up there for a couple of days once a year, … Continue reading Portland love
Having arrived home from our weekend in New Orleans at about 1AM this morning, it will likely take another day or two to fully recover. It was a fantastically fun weekend, full of amazing food and even better music, but three days at an all-day music festival, plus late jazz shows, decadent dinners, and lots and lots of walking mean we’ll need a few early … Continue reading New Orleans restaurant update
Alligator & chicken gumbo, side of potato salad Continue reading More food @ Stanley
Chargrilled oysters @ Felix’s Continue reading First meal in NOLA
Yesterday was Rob’s birthday, and since we had such a great meal the last time we went, we decided to head to John Harvard’s again for their Wednesday evening “Brewer’s Prix Fixe” dinner. This month’s featured item was lamb, and the menu looked good. My sister and her boyfriend joined us, and we all did the menu with beer pairings. (John Harvard’s brews all their … Continue reading Out like a lamb…with beer
Here in Boston, Restaurant Week comes twice a year: March and August. If you’ve never heard of it, Restaurant Week is actually a two-week span when many restaurants offer a special, three course, prix fixe dinner. It tends to be mostly high-end restaurants, and in theory the prix fixe price ($38, this year) is supposed to encourage diners to try a restaurant they might not … Continue reading Boston Restaurant Week: Russell House Tavern
Just because you can throw a rock pretty much in any direction in Boston and hit an Irish pub, doesn’t mean they are all the same, or good. I’ve seen a few “Irish pubs” lists lately, and sometimes what gets included are not truly all Irish pubs (seriously, I saw a Chinese restaurant on an Irish pub list yesterday). So what constitutes an Irish pub? … Continue reading Best Irish pubs in Boston
We visited Austin in late April, 2011, in part for a writing convention for Rob which took place at a Doubletree Hotel a bit outside the city, on Interstate 35. It was actually a very nice hotel, but once the convention was over, we moved downtown to The Driskill. This was a splurge, but the convention hotel had been very inexpensive, and this would only … Continue reading A short list on Austin, Texas
If you’ve read any of the posts on this blog, I’m sure you’ve figured out that we enjoy food. A LOT. We love buying food, cooking food, and most of all we love eating. One of the best things about travel is experiencing a place through the food, whether it’s Paris or Morocco, Boston, Maine or California. Why eat what you can have at home … Continue reading Top 10 food experiences
The reentry shock of returning from sunny Louisiana, where the temps were in the 70s our entire stay, to frigid Boston in the middle of an ice storm on Monday night, is finally wearing off. A few days of rest, day job, and less indulgent meals have cleared our heads enough to get down to a solid post on the most important facet of any … Continue reading New Orleans restaurant roundup
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