Category Archives: travel
My Miniseries
I’m taking the train to Venice on Friday so I’ve been thinking a lot about Venice lately and whenever I think about Venice I think about the Guido Brunetti series written by Donna Leon. If you like mysteries, food, or … Continue reading
Southwest Sicily (plus Palermo) recap
Whether your interests tend toward ruins, beaches, or ritual tuna slaughter, there’s no shortage of reasons to visit Sicily. But the one foremost on my list was food, which is a window into the history of the island as … Continue reading
When in Rome
Evan and I have it pretty good in Geneva. The streets are clean, the trams are on time, the people are polite, and the cheese and chocolate are cheap (and that’s about all that’s cheap). But we’ve just returned from … Continue reading
Lunch in Paris
A bottle of cider. One crêpe complète (devoured before it could be photographed). One crêpe stuffed with lardons and goat cheese, then drizzled with honey. And for dessert? One ar gwella (buckwheat, or ble noir, with chocolate sauce). Since they … Continue reading
Mosaïque Restaurant
A few days ago in French class I managed to steer the discussion from the use of est-ce que and qu’est ce que to “the best Ethiopian and/or Eritrean restaurants in Geneva.” One of my classmates, a consular type who’d … Continue reading
