Slice of Rice

For the past 5 plus years I have been dying to visit the Pacific Northwest.  I hear such amazing things (including lots of great things...

My restaurants that I am dying to try in 2013 (in no particular order, except that restaurants that have been on the list since last year ar...

  If I had my way, we would visit Hawaii every other year for vacation.  Unfortunately, Hawaii is rather far away and rather expensive....

It seems a little odd to mention these two restaurants (and pit them against each other) in one post but the comparisons we...

When we arrived in Paris I was starving.  I really needed some serious food and a glass of wine.  Traveling does that t...

Before I get started I have to give Alex credit for the picture above.  While we were wandering around the Louvre our first day in Paris ...

I have been dying (and I do mean dying) to go back to Europe for years.  Alex and I had originally planned to go to the Netherlands and...

Hi everyone.  I feel like there have been an inordinate number of apologies on here lately, but I owe you another one.   Before we left f...

Alex and I just got back from another trip to Austin, Texas and I have to admit - I really like Austin.  I'm not sure if I would want...

Hey look, we're back!  Skiing in Tahoe with the family was wonderful, but it's really nice to be home.  I'm looking forward t...

One of my favorite thingns about visiting my family in Maryland is the opportunity to eat good Vietnamese food.  I don't know why Vie...

Generally my travel posts are a little more about food and a little less about the destination, but this time I think the post has to be ...

I would jump right into describing how much I enjoyed these hoe cakes, but there is a bit of a backstory that needs to be discussed first...

In case you haven't noticed, there haven't been very many posts on the blog lately.  Sometimes the blog suffers from neglect beca...

Alex and I recently made our first ever trip to Austin, Texas with a group of friends.  Having never been to Texas before (or at leas...

Ever since I was a little girl my parents have taken me skiing out West every winter.  We took a few years off while I was in college a...

My family has been going to Hawaii every few years since I was a junior in college.  There have been a few trips that I haven't mad...

During our trip to San Francisco, one of the only non-negotiables for me was a trip to Napa.  I have always wanted ...

So Alex and I just returned from San Francisco this weekend and the sad thing is (as exhausted as I was by the 6 hour flight), all I ca...