This post is part of a series called London 2024 We’re wrapping up tales of our trip to London. It turns out that we ate at interesting places more than…

This post is part of a series called London 2024 This post covers three places we really enjoyed, two a bit upscale and one that would easily be a “joint.”

This post is part of a series called London 2024 When we arrived in London our hosts (clients? friends? the people who own the house we’re staying in, roll with…

This post is part of a series called London 2024 A little while back we talked about our aborted attempt to see Ian McKellen in “Player Kings”. When those plans…

Our friends A&B have been raving about a meat-intensive utterly delicious restaurant in the hills just above Guimares. A bunch of us arranged cars and set out on a bit…

I grew up in San Francisco, and family have lived there since the early 70s. I’ve watched it’s food scene for a lot of decades, from the early days of…

(9/16) Volterra, city of alabaster, was a “must do,” more for me than J. It was also the furthest away from Foresteria Il Giardino, about 2 hours in ideal condition,…

(9/10) Rain in Italy was very different from how it is at home. In Seattle the rain mostly comes as a steady drizzle or shower. The ‘hard’ rain is just…

(9/9) Continuing our new habit, we slept until after 10am then leisurely prepared for a day out. Lunch was at Il Brillo Parlante, another restaurant specializing in traditional Roman favorites….

(9/8) We’d had a problem with our debit card the day before, but neither of us paid attention . . . BAD IDEA. You see, taxis in Rome don’t take…