Touching Down in Belize City
WHACK! An unexpected and intense humidity slammed against my face at the top of the airstairs. Coming from the icebox of a 737 galley, I liken it to that gush of heat you get when…
My BF Wears Sweatpants in Public
Every year for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) Jonathan and I fly back east to visit family and friends. It’s our annual pilgrimage to the mother country, which, for us, happens to be a…
The Perfect Po-boy Search
We touched down in “the big easy” with a checklist of New Orleans cuisine and cocktails in hand. The challenge: to find delicious versions of everything on our list—though it was anything but easy! Beignets…
Best Fish Tacos in San Diego
I remember my first fish taco experience like it was yesterday. I was seven years old, and my mother had just picked me up from my Saturday morning gymnastics class. “Yes,” I used to take…
A Slutty Dad & the Best Cheesecake in New York
Immediately after my parents’ divorce my father entered into what I call his “slutty phase.” He went out and bought a used 1966 Mustang with the original faded black velvet upholstery and had the outside…
Bangkok’s Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Kao San Road
The Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand On our second full day in Bangkok we did the major touristy stuff: the Grand Palace Bangkok Thailand and Wat Pho. The Grand Palace is this giant compound filled with…
The Best Fish and Chips ever!
As a kid the only way I’d be caught dead eating fish was if it was Van de Kamp’s frozen fish sticks dowsed in ketchup. And then, when the concept of fish tacos was starting…