Great insight from someone more eloquent with words than me... -- Posted by Mercyphotography Today, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is heading an international conference, in Switzerland, to address the global food crisis. The World Food Programme ( WFP) says an extra 100 million people ( world wide...
Every so often a book is published that makes you ask yourself: how much weight did the author put on researching it? Jamie Cahill, author of the recently published Pâtisseries of Paris , has compiled the city's best pastry shops, bakeries, ice cream shops, chocolatiers , and salons de thé . Many...
A recent New York Times piece by our favoritely-named travel writer -- Sunshine Flint -- notes that Minneapolis isn't just a growing cultural center, but it's also a simmering hotspot for fine food. Most laudable restaurants focus on wholesome, fresh, and regional ingredients, and relatively...
Every city has that tiny brunch place that, minutes before it opens, hordes of hopeful brunchers line up, elbowing each other for dibs. In New York, it's 9th Street Market ; in St. Paul it's Day by Day . Recently voted The Best Breakfast by the Minneapolis Breakfast Blog, St. Paul's Day by...
The Roundup Roundup collects recent "roundup" articles or general material about cities and city travel worldwide. Amsterdam Postcard from Tom [WP] Cape Town In Cape Town, Anything Goes, and Usually Goes Together [NYT] Events Now, Let's Get This Party Started! [WP] - Antalya (Turkey), Jalu...
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The few times I've had to work out of a coffee shop, I ended the day with a misfiring aorta and a quivering GI tract from too much caffeine and too many jumbo cookies. Fortunately, the growing trend of WiFi-equipped bars promises to calm us down with alcohol, though you have to watch the drunk IMing...
The Roundup Roundup collects recent "roundup" articles or general material about cities and city travel worldwide. Berlin Go West, Young Clubgoers [NYT] Bilbao The regeneration game [Telegraph] Dallas Going To: Dallas [NYT] Deals 51 Ways to Cut Vacation Costs [National Geographic Traveler]...
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