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05
Jul 2011
Travel

Food Truck Alert: TacoFino – Tofino, BC

What is it about surf towns and great Mexican food? I don't know if I'm totally biased by having spent most of my life in California, but Tofino, BC on Vancouver Island, is proving out the connection. Off Pacific Rim Highway in Tofino, there's a little center with a small grocery, a surf shop, a coffee place, and a taco truck at the back of the parking lot, a taco truck which is doing crazy business with locals and tourists alike.
18
Jun 2011
Restaurants Travel

Portland (PDX) – Part 3: Clyde Common

A little before 6 pm on a Friday night, Clyde Common is packed with people enjoying happy hour. It's connected to the Ace Hotel, one of the modern boutique hotels in Portland (parodied on Portlandia as the Deuce Hotel. BTW - a show worth checking out on Hulu). The dinner menu starts at 6 and I nabbed a seat against the windows, ordered a glass of the Crowley Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley and waited. By the time I was ready for my second glass, a spot had opened up at the bar. I was flying solo as my husband had come down with something and wasn't in the mood to go out. I have no problem eating by myself, but knew it might be a challenge on a Friday night at a place with a hoppin' happy hour.
15
Jun 2011
Restaurants Travel

Portland (PDX) – Part 2: Taqueria El Rodeo Food Cart

Portland has an amazing food cart culture offering a broad mix of international cuisines, including Cuban, Ethiopian and Czech, as well as American favorites -- cheese steaks, sausages and fries. And while taco trucks might be a dime a dozen in other parts of the country, they may not be the first thing you think of when someone mentions Portland. We've walked by the food carts in downtown Portland a few times, always on a weekend, because we just don't seem to plan trips on weekdays when most of them are open. This time we got smart, planned a trip arriving on Friday and got there in time for lunch. I've been bookmarking food carts to try for ages -- Kim Jong Grillin, Solar Waffle Works, Chili Pie Palace, but for this quick trip, we were centered downtown, which focused our options.
12
Jun 2011
Restaurants Travel

Portland (PDX) – Part 1: Tasty n Sons

I love Tasty n Sons. So much. Because of Tasty n Sons, I've only had breakfast/brunch at one other place in Portland, because if we only have one morning open on a trip down, we are definitely going to Tasty n Sons. It's a prime example of the food excellence coming out of Portland these days -- fresh, seasonal, delicious. It's an American place in the best sense of the word -- along with a breakfast biscuit with egg, cheddar cheese and fried chicken or sausage, and delicious little chocolate donut holes, the menu also features a Burmese red pork stew (kind of like char siu) served eggs two ways over rice.
25
Jun 2008
Travel

Seattle: Marjorie

> Over the weekend, OJ and I were in Seattle. We've been trying to get one meal in the city on our last few trips -- this time it was Marjorie…
28
Mar 2008
Travel

More Scenes from Australia

> Here comes the Sun... Here comes the rain - doo n doo oo That's for real And so is this - bats in the Sydney Botanical Garden Sydney from Circular Quay (that's key, not…
28
Mar 2008
Travel

Welcome to qualia

> Lobby entrance at qualia After a few days of getting used to city life in Sydney, we headed up to Hamilton Island (part of the Whitsundays). It's a 2 hr. flight…
23
Mar 2008
Travel

Who’s Your Wagamama?

> We were being dropped off at the Sydney Opera House to see Wil Anderson -- the Rock Star of Australian Comedy, according to The Age-- when we passed by Wagamama.…
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