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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Ensenada Too Far? Try Ricky's Fish Tacos

Originating from sunny Ensenada, fish tacos are a common sight in California. On my visit back to Los Angeles, I finally got the chance to see what the fuss was all about. Ricky's Fish Tacos, a stand that would be perfectly for a futbol tailgate, had been on my list for a long time. Since my previous...

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California's Pizza Kitchen: The Cheese Board Collective

Cheese Board's pizza of the day with gratuitous extra slicesBeing a transplant from California to New York, I am often asked to verify New York pizza claims. Is it really that much better? Does it put California pizza to shame? I always respond with the politically calculated answer--they're different....

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GRENADA: HAVING A SPICE TIME, WISH YOU WERE HERE

BY GEORGE: Grenada's picturesque capital, St. George'sWHEN Hurricane Ivan brought death and destruction to Grenada in September 2004, killing 39 people, damaging or demolishing 90 per cent of the buildings and wiping out the vital nutmeg/mace and other spice crops, it looked like curtains for this tiny...

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Iceland: Saegreifinn (Sea Baron)

Besides Baejarin Beztu, the other name I kept coming across on Chowhound posts about Iceland was Saegreifinn, a.k.a. Sea Baron. This casual restaurant is more fish shack than fine dining. Customers order at the counter then sit on narrow fish barrels along communal benches. Still, even Mark Bittman...

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