A Culinary Round-up of Charlottesville
October 23, 2016
Know where to eat on your next trip to the beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia. … More A Culinary Round-up of Charlottesville
Category: Traveling
3 Meals to up your Glamping Game
May 20, 2016
Curious how to shop for your next car camping trip? Here’s a sample shopping list and three simple easy gourmet meals to take your camping trip to the next level. Added bonus: everything tastes better when cooked outside. Note: it’s recommended that you actually get outside and go for a hike, rather than sit around and drink all day. Please try to clean up and leave no trace. … More 3 Meals to up your Glamping Game
A Beginners Guide to Backpacking with Type 1 Diabetes
August 25, 2015
I grew up assuming that backpacking was not an option for me. Backpacking along with scuba diving was looped into the “too dangerous for diabetics” category in my head. A category, which I’ve only recently realized is completely ludicrous. Unlike scuba diving, no one (other than my mom) has ever told me that backpacking is … More A Beginners Guide to Backpacking with Type 1 Diabetes
A Little Sicily Feast
May 25, 2014
If you know me or read my blog, you probably know that I am obsessed with Sicily, and consider myself a Sicilian at heart. When considering my Sunday plans, I jumped on the opportunity to attend the 21st annual Sicilian Festival in downtown San Diego’s Little Italy. I prepared myself for the inevitable feasting and … More A Little Sicily Feast
Best Places to Pitch a Tent Near San Diego
April 23, 2014
Cibbets Flat Kitchen Creek Cleveland National Forest Off the 8 east after Alpine, is a valley known as Kitchen Creek. As the edge of Cleveland National Forrest before you hit Anza Borrego, this is one of the lusher areas around San Diego. The campsite is dramatically situated on a creek between mountains. Not only … More Best Places to Pitch a Tent Near San Diego
The Vineyard Chronicles: El Buen Vino de Ensenada
November 25, 2013
Chianti, Marlborough Bay, Provence, Napa, La Rioja, Chile, Valle de Guadalupe. Valle de Guadalupe is the wine region that makes up a part of Ensenada, Mexico about eighty miles south of the Tijuana border. Ensenada has always housed a few vineyards, but it’s not until the past couple of years that Ensenada has truly emerged as … More The Vineyard Chronicles: El Buen Vino de Ensenada
A San Franciscan Beer Butt Chicken
November 14, 2013
The best kind of parties are those that involve good company, wine, and a crowded kitchen. This particular party included all of those with special points in the crowded kitchen division. Extra credit is given in the good company and wine as well. The bittersweet part is that this party did not take place in … More A San Franciscan Beer Butt Chicken
All About the Berg (Bergamo, Lombardia)
October 2, 2013
So, it’s been a while since I have written a travel post. That’s because, since returning from Italy, I have remained mostly in San Diego. I am from San Diego, so being here doesn’t feel like traveling, but rather like returning to a childhood memory. Recently, I’ve been pondering the meaning of home. I have … More All About the Berg (Bergamo, Lombardia)
10 Things Foreigners get Right about Americans
July 12, 2013
1. Everything is bigger in Amurica. Buildings, coffee, plates, cars, houses, freeways, lines… 2. Americans LOVE freedom whatever that means. “And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free!” 3. Americans have different accents. Californian, Bostonian, Southern 4. Americans eat hamburgers and hotdogs. On the 4th of July, at the … More 10 Things Foreigners get Right about Americans
A Conversation with the Cheese Man
July 5, 2013
My friends and I have talked a lot about our dreams of opening a cafe or a bakery. Of course it’s always been just that, a far-off dream, but if it didn’t seem like such an unattainable goal, what are the obstacles we would face? I’ve always imagined that the main obstacle to small-scale producers … More A Conversation with the Cheese Man
