“Jet lag is for amateurs.” ~Dick Clark Ugh, jet lag. No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to fall asleep during a flight. It doesn’t matter how much water I drink—they say that helps to prevent jet lag—or how long I stay awake the day before an international flight, I just can’t seem to fall asleep on the plane. Travel pillows, comfy clothes, the softest classical music, window seat, aisle seat (my personal favorite), and none of it helps me really sleep. I’m short and so I don’t need a lot of leg room, but I still can’t seem to get comfortable. I guess I haven’t learned how…
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“That’s too much food!”
“The smell of warming cheese and wine, mellowed with the heat, rose languorously toward their faces, and they all found themselves leaning forward, hypnotized by the smell and the soft bubbling below them.” ~Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients “That’s too much food.” ~our server at Swiss Chuchi in Zurich “Extra cheese, please.” ~usually, my request for almost anything with cheese Wow, Erica Bauermeister’s description of fondue is quite beautiful, romantic even. I don’t disagree with her. I didn’t really disagree with our server on Saturday night either. But that didn’t stop us. After all, I’m usually always about the extra cheese. Fondue. Truth be told I’ve had it twice…
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Carnitas Lonja
“I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.” ~Ken Baumann When it comes to perfect tacos, San Antonio has more than its fair share. Maybe not prophetically, as Mr. Baumann suggests, but even I should be writing about them more. When it comes to the best thing I eat on a regular basis, tacos are often on my list. Whether those tacos be breakfast, lunch, dinner, beef, pork or chicken (or even fish), San Antonio has them all and I eat them all. And while mostly Tex-Mex, and mostly on flour tortillas they may be, we’ve definitely got a taco for everyone, every palate and every occasion. They…
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So, What Have I Been Eating?
“Time and tide wait for no man.” ~Geoffrey Chaucer “Time and eating wait for no blogger.” ~Elda Eats I don’t know how long Mr. Chaucer ever went without writing a blog post (you know, once he got started), but I will say that I’m sure he took a break to visit Canterbury in order to do research, perhaps try out some new writing implements, practice a new prose, etc. Lucky for him, he didn’t also have to worry about any Gutenberg updates to WordPress while he was dilly dallying! Yeah, yeah, I know. Twenty-first century new blogger problems, and yeah, I’m not really comparing myself to an amazing poet who…
