Five Days in Phuket, Thailand

Phuket, Thailand is a southern peninsula bordering Malaysia and Myanmar and surrounded by the Indian Ocean and thousands of tropical islands. This is where Dulce and I spent our first 5 days in Thailand. And we LOVED it! For me, Phuket provided nature and peace, some Thai culture without intensity, and most importantly, the greenest,…

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Artful Spanish metropolis of my dreams

Oh Barcelona, I still dream of living with you. Your sunny disposition and friendly residents, your cheap beers and tasty food, your sidewalk-to-rooftop sculptural homes, I love you so! Lauren and I started our day with a walk and reservations at Sagrada Familia, a 137-year-old gothic cathedral designed by Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudi. We booked…

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A Heritage of Joy (of Cooking)

My grandmother loved the popular cookbook The Joy of Cooking and it became a part of my heritage, but not just as a source for recipes.

So many styles of pottery teapots

Teapots have been around for a very long time. And there are many, many, many different styles of teapots.  According to wikipedia.org, ” The teapot was invented in China during the Yuan Dynasty. It was probably derived from ceramic kettles and wine pots, which were made of bronze and other metals and were a feature…

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