Originally I was writing in this blog only when I was traveling, assuming no one would care about any of my day-to-day thoughts. But since n...

Just bought my ticket to head back to Rio. Will again get chances to hear live shows by Epoca de Ouro and Paulinho da Viola. And will work h...

Just spent a long weekend in the Greater Vancouver area indulging in some of the great Chinese y'all have to offer. It was pretty overwh...

I found this a few years ago and have decided to share after a 4-day orgy of Chinese food in Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia where ...

Yeah, I know I said I'd post more about food in Italy, maybe Spain, I still owe some stuff from Brazil! But this is easy. Another video ...

I've got more to say about food in Florence, Rome and NYC. Since I've been home for two weeks, I've just not had the steam to ge...

(Don't forget, there are lots more photos posted here . On the final leg of this journey, in a plane heading to Dallas (!), on the ret...