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Ok. Now that I have a seri­ous case of jet lag behind me, I am going to attempt to recap our awe­some trip to Japan. Aside from the jet lag, I should be note that I was on the mend from a cold before depart­ing for Tokyo, only to have some­thing else get into my […]

In a few weeks, my wife and I are head­ing to Tokyo for a week. (It’s one of the three trips my she won while com­pet­ing on Top Chef All Stars.) I had so much luck get­ting sug­ges­tions and rec­om­men­da­tions from read­ers as we pre­pared for our trip to Ams­ter­dam, that I thought that I’d […]

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Let me first thank all the peo­ple that pro­vided rec­om­men­da­tions for things to do and see, and places to eat in Ams­ter­dam. There are def­i­nitely a lot of things to do in Ams­ter­dam. Unfor­tu­nately, we didn’t make it around to every­thing that was on our list, includ­ing a day trip to Bruges, Bel­gium. We will […]

On Mon­day, my wife, son, and I are headed off to Ams­ter­dam for a week. (It’s one of the three trips my wife won while com­pet­ing on Top Chef All Stars.) We are excited to do some­thing dif­fer­ent for the hol­i­days. It will be inter­est­ing to expe­ri­ence New Year’s Eve in Ams­ter­dam. I’ve heard the […]

image by jim lo scalzo Plan­ning things, par­tic­u­larly trips, at the last minute is very unlike me, but here I am — bound  for Van­cou­ver and Seat­tle for six days with my wife and son. I have been to Seat­tle, but that visit was eight years ago. I have never been to Van­cou­ver. image by […]