Dining with BeachHouse Restaurant Sarasota-Manatee Originals Restaurant, Jan. 2009
Does anyone ever win those Twitter contests? Indeed they do, I finally won one! Not that I enter many but when I saw the Sarasota-Manatee Originals were giving away $25 dining certificates every weekday between Dec. 1 and Dec. 24, knew I had to enter and I won!
How can you win? It’s pretty easy but you need a Twitter account and follow @the_originals. Then, Tweet this message: (more…)
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Thanksgiving in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, 2008
Thanksgiving this year was the first time in three years I celebrated the American holiday in the United States. Last year was Mexico - Tlaquepaque (outside Guadalajara) to be exact and in 2007 was Italy (Florence). Enjoy these two-for-one margaritas from the Quinta Don Jose.** I sure enjoyed them!
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Should politics and travel mix? Having recently read Rick Steves Travel as a Political Act **, if traveling to enrich the mind and spirit, it’s inevitable politics will play some role. For me, travel isn’t always about sleeping in lush beds and lounging by pools sipping cocktails (although that’s nice). It’s about experiencing, broadening my horizons, and making connections with people which is part of the reason I traveled to Kabul in March 2006. And traveling to a war-torn country means politics will play a role. (more…)
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