5 years ago
Coronavirus and Travell: What You Need to Know
This thing is real. Yes, the meme are funny on first glance, but when we consider over 114,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and over 3,500 deaths, world-wide, then, yes, the Coronavirus is more dangerous than influenza. The entire country of Italy is shut down....
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How to eat Real Fancy in Boise: Go To State & Lemp
The modern concept of American fine dining comes with a preset of aesthetics and feelings, no longer simply the quality and relevance of the food. I remember a time when the only variable we considered was price and quality. And then social media, especial...
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Dig This: Boise is More Than Potatoes. Yes, Really.
When friends and readers ask me which destination of all I’ve visited in the Sates has struck me the most, most recently my no-flinch response is “Boise, Idaho.” The super-flinch reaction is always a puppy’s duster-tail speed, double-take “did you say Boise?”...
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The Lake at Donner Pass
My American history is not well-rooted in knowledge acquired in middle or high school. In fact, even most of my understanding of our Civil War and rights era was an intentional decision I made while studying politics at U.VA. I attended one of America's pr...
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Atypical Lake Tahoe Or a Halting Stay in Truckee
Just when you think you've seen or heard it all, you end up in a place bearing a name worthy of a city council voting session. Or just when you're convinced you've graduated to the class of judging a book by its content and not its cover - -in this case, a...
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Portland PDX Eats: A Perfect 4-Day Foodie Itinerary
One of my recent blog posts opened a conversation about the musings I found in 4.5 days while eating my way through Portland. I took my friend Bianca on a girls' trip to that west coast city to dig into their diverse culinary scence and other extracurriculrs a...
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Keeping Portland Deliciously Weird: A Seekender Duo’s Culinary Exploits
Of all the cities I’ve not visited in the U.S., Portland, OR has been on my active radar for a few years now. Mostly inspired by a fellow foodie I met on Facebook years ago, I had this insatiable desire to get to know this west coast diners' town. His bio on...
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Purple, Hats, & a Sister: Stylish Biking in the City
I have forever been the butt of jokes amongst my siblings. From my jarring lack of sense of humor to my fashionable approach to style, which they've all agreed is just "too much," to my admittedly ridiculous (but not really) annoyance with less than perfectly ...
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Eating Through Jackson Hole: A Whole Lot of Everything
If I've not convinced you yet to visit Jackson Hole, WY, then allow me to make another concentrated effort by teasing you with their food elaborate and well-thought out food scene. I was there last month to enjoy the virtuous wildlife and all things serene...
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