I have always been a little choosy about what food I eat. I was raised almost entirely on Italian cooking – few ingredients, simple dishes, eaten when foods are in season – but I am American, after all, so despite my mom’s best efforts, I still crave disgusting delights like Taco Bell or Burger King [...]
Archive for October, 2008
What’s for dinner?
Posted in expat life, musings, tagged Animal Vegetable Miracle, anthony bourdain, choices, Eastern Garbage Patch, environment, Fast Food Nation, food, Germany, hormones, industrial food, industry, jamie oliver, local, My Year of Meats, North Pacific Gyre, organic, pesticide, plastics, pollution, produce, safety, Thailand, The Omnivore's Dilemma, the story of stuff, vegetarian on October 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Secret City
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, expat life, tagged alex, Bangkok, canal, contrast, culture, grand palace, modern, parents, secret city, thonburi, tour, tourist, traditional, travel on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite things about having visitors is doing all of the “touristy” things I never seem to find time to do on an average weekend in the city. One of the things I had really been wanting to do was take a boat tour of the canals in Thonburi (across the river from [...]





























