My Mexican Adventure Part 5 – Puebla
I ducked out of the class at Casa Carmelita a bit early on my last day there, to ride about an hour away to Puebla for my Puebla Behind the Scenes: Food and Culture tour.
read moreMy Mexican Adventure Part 4 – Casa Carmelita, Tlaxcala and Beyond
A longing for Mexican food – and a pull for an adventure – led me to sign up for a culinary vacation exploring the home cooking of Puebla. A private car taking me from Mexico City landed me at Casa Carmelita, run by Jon, an American expat, and Esthela, his Mexican wife.
read moreMy Mexican Adventure Part 3- Mexico City!
The next segment of my Mexican adventure – a stay in La Condessa and a food tour of Colonia Roma.
read moreNational Taco Day!
Sharing a couple pics of tacos sampled on my recent Mexico trip on this National Taco Day!
read moreMy Mexican Adventure – Part 2- Valle de Guadalupe
Our day started with a stop at Dona Esthela’s for a hearty Mexican breakfast, a trip to a tiny local farmer’s market, then it was off to find the wineries.
read moreMy Mexican Adventure – Part 1 – Arriving in Baja
I didn’t set out to have a Mexican themed month, but I had been hearing about the Valle de Guadalupe- Baja’s wine country-for several years. Around the same time, I found myself suffering from Mexican food lack…
read moreHow to Spend a Wintry Afternoon in Oakland
Spending a luxurious wintry afternoon in Oakland at Piedmont Springs and Ninna Thai.
read moreVisiting Natchez, Mississippi
An easy drive from New Orleans, Natchez, MS offers a perfect getaway with river views and the nation’s largest stock of antebellum homes.
read moreVisiting the Whitney Plantation
I returned to River Road this past weekend to spend an aptly cloudy afternoon visiting the Whitney Plantation, the United States’ only plantation dedicated to the enslaved.
read moreA Visit to Washington DC – and the New African American Museum
A summer escape to the Washington DC area with a visit to the new National Museum of African American History.
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