Sweet Home Cafe, a Taiwanese hot pot restaurant in Honolulu bustling with locals seriously slurping different combinations steeping in the pots. Located in a small and tucked away strip mall in the Moiliili neighborhood, the restaurant is a fun experience to try many hot broths and add a multitude of meats, vegetables and noodles. After I picked the...
There’s other ways to eat crème brulee and still enjoy the crackling caramelized top by biting into a fresh creation from the Donut Bar. Real vanilla bean and thick custard filled the soft yeast dough prepared just right and offered the same delightful satisfaction of eating crème brulee from a dish. The Donut Bar, new...
Walking arm in arm, two elderly women, with coiffured silver hair and wearing tan winter coats, ambled their way up the steep cobblestone street, periodically stopping to peer inside the little shops. It’s the bustle of a busy Saturday afternoon where young and old are gathered sipping espresso, eating ice cream and talking with one...
In a darkly lit room and barely noticeable above the arched doorway inside an old Italian palace is a painting with a 400 year old story still being told. Just outside of Rome and on the hillside beyond the fortified walls of the village of Zagarolo, is the former Colonna palace where the Pope’s commission...
My friend wanted me to experience the old Italian section of Philadelphia and she drove us there which isn’t far from downtown Philly. She had to drive because there isn’t public transportation to go there. South Street, 8th and 9th St, are so worth visiting. Rows of butcher shops, some only selling turkey, meats and...
Making my way through thick crowds of people slowly walking, talking on cell phones and holding shopping bags, I found the mounds of spices in the marketplace in Istanbul, Turkey. I’d arrived to buy various spices in this legendary market known as the Egyptian Market, which conjured up stories of historical spice routes. With centuries of bustling...
Cardboard, Styrofoam noodles and duct tape, a surfer’s tried and true way to protect their favorite surf board for traveling. Sweating while wrapping the board is just the beginning and thankfully, there’s a better way for this arduous task. I met a young San Diego man with Surf Travel Solutions demonstrating his newly created surf...
Her soft hand held mine as she warmly greeted me in her home, above her landmark restaurant. Mary Teshima is 105 years old and up until recently, greeted customers in her namesake Teshima’s restaurant where her great grandchildren now run the business. Near Kona, Hawaii, she has provided gracious service for tourists and locals for...
Boston’s Fort Point is being redeveloped from a grey area to a place with modern and trendy restaurants. Being a follower of Ming Tsai, we tried his new pub style restaurant, Blue Dragon for lunch. First we had to decide which drinks to order. I like whiskey and ordered the Year of the Pig made...
Here we are at the Doubletree Hotel, Boston, across the street from Tuft’s University and breakfast is a buffet complete with Boston baked beans. This was a first, having beans at breakfast except for traditional English breakfasts with those beans more like pork and beans. These beans are so good, the right amount of brown sugar, mustard...
Downtown Vancouver, clean and spotless city with wonderful Asian restaurants, boosts an award winning gelateria located near the harbor. I heard about this place when I asked at the hotel where to get some ice cream. Ice cream, lady, the best gelato in the world is just down the street! I found Bella Gelateria with...
Ethiopian food has alot going on and beautifully served on a huge platter with many delicious choices. Harambe restaurant was recommended by our relatives while visiting in Vancouver, BC and after taking a few buses to get there, it was worth it. One platter was all vegetarian and the other platter had a few...
