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Bun Cha: Our Favorite Vietnamese Dish

A few years ago, Julie and I had a full blown case of travel fever, and we wanted to get away from our jobs, our home (though the mortgage payments stayed with us), our daily lives and travel for six weeks through...

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Classic London: Portobello Road Market

Portobello Road, a winding residential street in Notting Hill, is home to one of London’s most stalwart markets.  For block after block, stalls of antiques, gifts, food, and clothing wind out endlessly, a sea of...

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American Food in London

There are certain types of food I’ve missed since we moved abroad. Pancakes. Good peanut butter.  This being 2014, most day to day items are pretty easy to find.  But some days call for uniquely American...

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The Dichotomy of a Friday Night

Classic tapas pitted against the much maligned modern Spanish cuisine, all within a span of a few hours in one evening. That was our Friday night and it offered two very different perspectives of the dining scene in...

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Juice & Overlords

I’m obsessed with juice in Barcelona. Every day in La Boqueria, as the stalls come to life with merchants, no less than ten vendors unpack hundreds and hundreds of cups of juice. Rows upon rows of small clear plastic...

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48 Hours in Dublin

Ireland is one of England’s closest neighbours, so Dublin is one of the most convenient places to embark to when you’re itching for a passport stamp.  The flight from any of London’s airports is under an hour,...