It is officially autumn in America-land. The seasons are changing, Halloween is full steam ahead there are pumpkin recipes everywhere. Sydney on the other hand has not yet woken up to the fact that it should be getting warmer here, and although it is now light until after 7pm [thank you daylight savings] it still feels more like winter than spring. All of these things combined, along with the promise I made to continue the 'brunch we never had' and the fact that shortly the trip recap will … [Read more...]
Hotel Indigo – San Diego
We have been known to go on 'reasonably' well planned trips having booked no accommodation other than perhaps the first city on the itinerary. In America-land this is not too much of a big deal as pretty much any small town you drive into will have a minimum of 4 chain hotels, all only metres apart, all for around $75 per night including free wi-fi ... there is a very good chance that we spent two weeks driving down the west coast in this manner a few years back. In Europe it is feasible to … [Read more...]
Cornbread Waffles with Cinnamon Apple Compote
Now I figure that all this trip recapping will go on for quite a while, and in the meantime the least I can do is make you brunch. That said, it is only fair to let you know that the sub-title of this post is 'the brunch we didn't have until now'... Someone Tweeted a pic the first day of Blogher from Cafe 222 in San Diego. I looked it up on The Google Machine and decided that as it was just on the edge of Gas Lamp, and only blocks from our hotel, we needed to go there immediately if not … [Read more...]
You went to what kind of conference?
Yep, I went to San Diego to attend a blogger conference. Blogher 11 to be exact. I went to a blogger conference armed with a notepad and a pen instead of a computer. I Tweeted only when connected to the patchy wi-fi. I went knowing [actually knowing, rather than just occasionally interacting online with] exactly zero people - and let me note that I am not a very good 'walk up and introduce myself' kind of person ... once I know you, I'll talk your ear off and willingly share an enormous … [Read more...]
Hell for leather straight to the tacos
Have I ever mentioned that we travel to eat? Of course, of course, also for culture, and to see friends, and experience new things, but really, the food comes first, waaaay first. First cab off the rank for this trip was San Diego. After a 14 hour flight into LAX [it's not THAT bad, 2 movies, 5 or so hours sleep, another movie with breakfast and there we are, on the ground before we left, pesky international date line and all] we hopped into a car to drive straight to Ocean Beach for Fish … [Read more...]
And then it all changed.
In the blink of an eye. And the world was smaller, and we were all that little bit more vulnerable. 10 years ago I was woken up by my roommate running down the hallway and banging on my door. He had just seen the second plane hit on the morning news. It was 7am in Denver. Hours later he would comment how he stayed in the hotel between the towers only months earlier, a brief flash of mortality by an immortal Peter Pan. A few years after and he was gone in the blink of an eye too. That day … [Read more...]
It’s not that I’m not thinking about you…
...I have been, really, but most of my free time not in the office [ie the job that buys the groceries and plane tickets] has been spent finishing up the packaging art for @ThePantry [!!!!!!!!!!] and not cooking, or taking pictures or doing blog posts. So instead here is some random stuff and stream of consciousness and what's been happening updates, just because.... It has been bloody cold here. The mornings hover around 8 degrees [mid-40s or so] but THERE IS NO INDOOR HEATING in most … [Read more...]
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