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How To Make A Pisco Sour (Lima, Peru)

The good folks in Peru and Chile both claim the pisco sour as their national drink. History appears to be on the side Peru. Victor Vaughn Morris, an America bartender, seems to have created the prototypical drink for a bar he operated in Lima. Mario...

March 14, 2014
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Bridge of Sighs (Lima, Peru)
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Bridge of Sighs (Lima, Peru)

We’re in Barranco, Lima’s funky, artsy, bohemian district, taking a morning stroll on what locals tell us is a rare sunny day. (Lima, particularly along the shoreline, tends to be overcast.) We make our way past the statue of Chabuka...

March 14, 2014
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Our Morning Cuppa Joe (Lima, Peru)

It’s about ten o’clock in the morning on our first day in Lima. We’re in the back of a van, hurtling through Lima’s crazy-busy traffic, where the majority of drivers seem to steer with their horns. It’s all just another...

March 14, 2014
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Lima for the Weekend?

  People hear about our plans and roll their eyes. “Lima?” Long pause. “For the weekend?” Well, um, yeah. Here’s the thing: if you wait until you have weeks to spend in a foreign destination, then you’ll...

March 13, 2014
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Eat Adventures Portland Food Carts Tour
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Eat Adventures Portland Food Carts Tour

While food trucks have become fairly common, few cities have anything to match Portland’s food cart culture. Some carts are trailers. Some carts are stands. And most, but not all, are arranged in pods: groups of carts, perched around the edges...

February 18, 2014
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The Oregon Coast – Saturday Monsoon
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The Oregon Coast – Saturday Monsoon

Despite the rain, we stick with plans to spend Saturday driving the Oregon coast. I plot a triangular course: from Portland to Seaside, from Seaside to Tillamook, from Tillamook to Portland. After walking a half-mile in cold rain to our ZipCar...

February 17, 2014
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Off to Portland

  Photo Credit: Flickr user kewing We’re off to Portland on an early flight today, trekking through what’s left of our snow to go trekking through what’s left of theirs. Coming up: a foodie tour of the Alphabet District, two...

February 14, 2014
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Tampa: Brunch at Wat Mongkolrata

Before the trip to Tampa, I spent the required time on TripAdvisor, leveraging the wisdom of crowds to find tips on things to do. Number one on TripAdvisor’s list? Taking in a show at the Tampa Theater — a local parallel to...

January 31, 2014
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