Taste of Maine at Luke's Lobster

I've always been more of a crab fan myself. Whether it's the roasted garlic crab at PPQ in San Francisco, the Indonesian crab at Fatty Crab, or the blue crab in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, I've always been more partial to crab than lobster. But having been invited to Luke's Lobster by almost every one...

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OSLO: SEE THE HOLE WORLD IN A WEEKEND

NOIR-WEGIAN CAPITAL: Oslo, the setting for Jo Nesbo'sseries of dark detective stories (Terje Bakke Pettersen)His name is Hole, Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad, and holes — six-foot-deep ones — are where the bad guys he hunts usually end up.Norwegian author Jo Nesbo’s dipso, drug-dabbling,...

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Thai Boat Noodles at Sanamluang

I made sure to indulge in some of my favorite foods during my vacation back in California for the holidays. But I also made an effort to try out some things that I've heard so much about on the Twittersphere but don't have access to out in New York. Among those things are good fish tacos. Yet, the hands...

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THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD

THANKS: Receiving my award from Fiona Cunningham of NITB and Eoghan Corry, editor of Travel Extra IrelandI was honoured to receive the Travel Extra-Northern Ireland Tourist Board Travel Journalist of the Year 2012 award in Dublin last week for my article on Titanic Belfast that appears on...

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