I know you've already read all about my crazy year. The things I did. The books I read. But did I mention how much food I ate? I seriously do not know how I fit on the plane without a seatbelt extender. This was also the year I started being a serious blog geek by photographing my food. And I am … [Read more...] about My Favorite Eats of 2011
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Malasadas, My One True Love
I'm suddenly wishing we had chosen the GPS option at the rental car desk. Maybe then we would have some idea of where we were going. Still feeling the jetlag from a flight back in time, from Sydney to Honolulu, I just needed some sugar in my system. If I could only find this damn bakery... But … [Read more...] about Malasadas, My One True Love
Dining with Harry
Almost one year ago, I learned of my love for the Aussie meat pie, back in my hometown's Australian Bakery. I've had many meat pies since arriving in Australia, including a soggy Four and Twenty from 7-11 in St. Kilda during the floods to a cripsy one aboard the ferry to Kangaroo … [Read more...] about Dining with Harry
Visiting the Sydney Fish Market
The guidebooks probably won't direct you to this smelly spot, but it's one of my favorite things I've seen here in Sydney. The Sydney Fish Market is the largest in the Southern hemisphere with miles of every type of seafood you could ask for: oysters, crabs, barramundi, Balmain bugs (not the kind … [Read more...] about Visiting the Sydney Fish Market
Favorite Travel Memories: Florence
As a part of our family tradition of going on a trip for our sixteenth birthdays, my family landed in Florence, Italy for Sammi's 16th, which also fell on the day after my high school graduation. I could already tell it was going to be one of my favorite stops on the trip (out of Rome, Venice and … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Florence