10 April, 2015

Barcelona Beach Strolling

Posted in : Dining in Barcelona - Catalunya - Spain, Travel Guide for Barcelona - Catalunya - Spain on April 10, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: barcelona, barceloneta, beaches, cable car, gehry, golden fish, guide, harbor, miramar gardens, montjuic, olympics, photographs, photos, placa de les drassane, sant sebastia, sights, sky car, tourism, tourist, visitor's guide, visitors, w hotel

It’s time for another addition to my Barcelona visitor’s guide! This one is focused on life at the beach…keeping in mind that we were there in winter, so it was less about sunbathing and more about catching nice views from the shelter of a restaurant. But with views this nice, who cares if you need
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25 February, 2015

Coffee Fest Atlanta 2015: Best Coffee Shop Competition

Comments : 1 Posted in : Coffee Shops, Events on February 25, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 2015, allison bouley, america's best coffeehouse, atlanta, black water loft, britt calder, cg pops, coffee fest, competition, cool beans coffee roaster, crystal gembala, finalists, jeff huey, joseph stout, kali malham, kaylan english, old-fashioned revision, peregrine espresso, photographs, seeds coffee, southeastern, strong beard, winners

Last month, I had the pleasure of covering the 2015 Southeastern Regional Coffee Fest, which took place in Atlanta. The Coffee Fest is a trade show and coffee education opportunity held in four different regions each year—upcoming ones for 2015 will be held in Tokyo, Chicago, and Portland. I’m writing a post on my favorite products
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17 April, 2014

A Mural Tour in the Mission

Posted in : Travel Guide for San Francisco - CA on April 17, 2014 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 24th and york, art, artists, balmy alley, day trip, guide, harrison st., latin america, minipark, mission girls, muralist, murals, patricia rose, people's resistance, photo tour, photographs, precita eyes, san francisco, st. paul's church, the mission, things to do, tour

I love murals. As with all art, however, I don’t understand the history or technique of what I’m gaping at, so I was excited when my friend invited me to check out the Precita Eyes Muralists tour with her. Precita Eyes is an association of artists who work with the San Francisco Mission community to
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14 November, 2013

Amelia Island: Downtown Fernandina Beach and Walker’s Landing

Posted in : Travel Guide for Amelia Island - FL on November 14, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: amelia island, day trip, downtown, fantasy fudge, fernandina, fernandina beach, manatee, marina, marsh, photo blog, photographs, st peters church, tour, tour book, tour guide, visitor's guide, walker's creek, walker's landing, walking tour

It’s nearly six months later, but I’m finally finishing up my photo blogs for our Amelia Island trip last May. Because I’ve only had one short vacation since then, it doesn’t actually feel that long ago that Ben and I wandered the streets of downtown Fernandina Beach, though we live on the other coast now.
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13 September, 2013

The Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort

Comments : 1 Posted in : Restaurants, Travel Guide for Amelia Island - FL on September 13, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: adult, amelia island, bakery, beach, cabana, crab salad, deli, florida, hotels, js conf, kid, marche burette, nature center, oceanside, omni plantation, photographs, photos, pool, resort, review, shops at amelia, sunken forest, tiramisu, Travel, turtle

This is Part 2 of my blog posts on our Amelia Island vacation last May. In Part 1, we cruised down the Amelia River, but we’ll stay closer to the hotel this time, the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort. Spacious rooms, a welcoming lobby and bar, and this each morning: Sunrise is not something I
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30 July, 2012

Charlottesville Blogging 2: More Eating and Some Drinking!

Posted in : Bars in Charlottesville - VA, Dining in Charlottesville - VA, Restaurants, Travel Guide for Charlottesville - VA on July 30, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: blue moon diner, breakfast, charlottesville, cheese plate, crab cake, dining, dinner, downtown charlottesville, guide, jar sour, l'etoile, mixology, moonshine, night life, peach bread pudding, peach soup, photographs, punch, review, shrmip and grits, tour, Travel, travel guide, truffle, virginina, whiskey jar

Welcome to the second half of our Charlottesville weekend trip! My local friend had recommended a slew of restaurants for a nice dinner out in Charlottesville, but Ben rejected them all, settling instead on L’Étoile (817 West Main Street). Because it had been his birthday a few days earlier, he got to choose, and I
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11 October, 2010

Washington DC September 2010 Travelogue Part 3: Union Station, Supreme Court, US Botanical Gardens, and Museum of the American Indian

Posted in : Travel Guide for Washington - DC on October 11, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: always becoming, capitol building, ceviche, columns, fry bread, mitsitam cafe, museum of the american indian, photographs, pumpkin salad, supreme court, union station, union station mall, united states botanical garden

Day 3 in DC started with my arrival at Union Station, which is a grand old station with a mall and a gorgeous hall. It wasn’t too shabby on the outside, either. From there, I walked down 1st Street a few blocks to the Supreme Court on the Eastern end of the National Mall. It
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