File this under: Jobs I’d Love! I spotted this guy when we were in Istanbul, Turkey, in the Beyoglu area of the city – a younger, more modern area full of shops, restaurants, and kiosks packed with chocolate! The chocolate is sold in nondescript aluminum foil, and perhaps that might fool you into thinking it’s [...]

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After spending a weekend in Paris, I played with some of the videos I had taken during that weekend and put together a video that I am sure will put a smile on your face. Watch the video here and tell me what you think, and check out the other version I made below. (If [...]

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A little getaway in Paris, France to hang with best friends is the best kind of vacation one can get. I get spoiled especially when my friends come to me – after all one can only take so many vacations a year to destinations 5,000 miles away. It’s already December! I can’t believe how fast [...]

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One of my favorite things to do anywhere is visit Farmers’ markets, and the Farmers’ market at the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco is one of the best! This Saturday, many food bloggers who I consider friends, even if I haven’t met all of them, are meeting in San Francisco for BlogHer Food 2009. [...]

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Ocean Beach in San Francisco has always been a little perplexing to me. Mainly because I grew up visiting Ocean Beach in San Diego most of my life and that’s the “real” Ocean Beach to me. And because Ocean Beach in SF rarely feels like a “real” beach to me at all. There have only [...]

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