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How Canned Peas Changed the Way I Think About Travel: An Essay on Returning Home
What do canned peas have to do with travel? Jon Wick explains how a dinner conversation about peas reminded him about one of the most important lessons of traveling. read more
Into the West – Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Dawn at Franz Joseph Glacier. As daylight seeps into the sky I lie awake listening to the wind rattle the flax bushes growing outside my room. Through the window I can see a placid moon hanging low on the western horizon; a few of the brightest stars linger as the day is born on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. read more
Vegas Dining News: Wynn Restaurant to Close; M & Silverton Lose Breakfast Buffets; More
M Resort has decided to move its weekday buffet breakfast from its buffet options at Studio B to the Red Cup Cafe. No word on why, but reports are the offerings are not as many as the Studio B version.
Lunch and dinner Studio B buffet dining still remain ($14.95 and $22.95, respectively), as does the weekend brunch buffet ($24.95) on Saturday and Sunday. Red Cup Cafe also serves a la carte breakfast offerings.
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The Las Vegas Advisor is reporting that the Daniel Boulud Brasserie at Wynn Las Vegas will shutter in [...] read more
Making Vin Chaud
A favorite drink in the Christmas markets in France and in cozy cabins in the Alps, Vin Chaud, or French mulled wine, is not only the perfect winter drink, but also delightfully easy to make yourself.
Vin Chaud was originally made as a means of saving wine that had gone bad—by adding sugar and spices it often made the wine drinkable again. Today it is a traditional wintertime drink.
Just the sweet spiced aroma of the Vin Chaud in my kitchen makes me think of cupping glasses of the drink to keep my hands warm in the beautifully decorated streets of [...] read more
26 Paris Gift Ideas for Your Inner Parisian
It's hard not to swoon a bit when you think about Paris - but if the Paris-lover in your life can't be in the City of Lights this holiday season, why not bring Paris to them? Here are a few Paris gift ideas to delight any Paris-o-phile you know. (And if Paris-o-phile isn't a word, it should be.) Better yet, you can always just send this list to anyone who asks you, "What's on your wish list this year?"
You'll find books about Paris, movies set in Paris, Parisian music, and miscellaneous Paris trinkets - and hopefully there's something here to [...] read more
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Travel Quote of the Day
Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did now know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.
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Which huge city has a central district called Zona Rosa (the pink zone)?
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