Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa who said it best, when asked if he was a woman because he had long hair. He replied, “You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?”

Resturant Clues

In one of my earlier posts I talked about how to survive between travel adventures. I find it helps to frequent restaurants that remind me of the places I love. Below I have listed two different styles of restaurants, one Italian and the other an Austrian/German that remind me of why I love the places I have been too.

Cacio E Pepe
182 2nd Ave New York, NY

This is a small Italian restaurant with an authentic feel. All of the staff is Italian and they serve their signature dish, cacio e pepe, Steaming from a giant wheel of parmigiana! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Loreley
7 Rivington St. New York, NY

This has more of a bar feel than Cacio E Pepe. It is a great place to go with a group. The long wooden tables accommodate large groups easily and are a throw back to the brew houses in Germany and Austria. In the summer they have a a sweet beer garden out back, so you can enjoy your brew in the sun. I loved that they served the beer in the giant pint mugs from the Hofbräuhaus München. Most of the waitstaff was speaking German (or Austrian, although Austrian is not an official language, right?). A fabulous place to go to relax, catch up and enjoy a pint with old and new friends!! You may even make a few!

The Hills?

I am admittedly not an avid Hills watcher or Lauren follower(I do have to say she is a great business women! I want to get paid to travel to Paris and hang out with hot rockers!) but the premier on Monday night March 31st is featuring a song from a band I love, Iglu & Hartly!! So I will be tuning in to see what other drama she and her friends are getting into this season! Will you?

word clue

authentocrat

- a staunch adherent to all things authentic. In travel one who rejects the trappings and experiences of mass tourism and instead prizes that which fuels both genuine and rooted in place as in- Philippa's a true authentocrat - I mean, she spent her last vacation meeting with artisanal cheesemakers at dairies in Wisconsin. - Nathan Lump

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/30/style/t/index.html#pageName=30talkopen

Love Sickness hits early this spring!

In Muenster, Germany Petra the swam is love sick. After a failed courtship with a real white swan she was reunited with the boat she fell for in 2006!

Even kids are getting in on the action!

Tibetan High School kids scaled the brink wall of the United Nations to protest the Chinese goverment.