Carmen’s Cuban Cafe (Morrisville)

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Carmen’s Cuban Café 108 D Factory Shops Road Morrisville Website Lunch: $7 to $9 Dinner: $10 to $25 I have wanted to check out Carmen’s for a very long time, because it was the only Cuban option (at least, the only one I know about) in the Triangle for years. In the past three, both [...]

California Trip 2011, Day 5: Chinatown in the Rain, Staples Center, and Bouchon

Monday, November 14th, 2011

On our fifth day in California, it rained. And rained. And rained. Downtown LA isn’t the most fun or convenient place to be in the pouring rain; I think it’s fair to make that claim of any large downtown. But I had a mission that hadn’t been fulfilled yet, and this was our last day [...]

London in October 2010, Part 1: Whitechapel/Angel, Westminster, Covent Garden

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

As most of you know, Ben and I headed to London for vacation last month. It was fabulous! Okay, for me, it was fabulous. For Ben, who is not as interested in Western history and sights, it was a good city that would be greatly improved with better beer. Since I’m the one blogging, though, [...]