Let’s cut to the chase: you just want to know what is in the GF Tea at Brown’s Hotel, right? (I know this because when I was planning on going to tea, I searched all over the internet for gluten-free tea, and that’s what I wanted to know). Here is a list: sandwiches: egg salad, [...]
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One of my mother’s favorite restaurants is Maggiano’s. It’s an upscale chain, and one of their restaurants is in the Grove in Southern California, which is why (until now) it wasn’t one of my favorites. The chain thing is irritating. And the Grove basically ate the old Farmer’s Market (a place I remember fondly from [...]
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Finally, I’m writing about the Roar and Snore Safari (overnight in the Safari Park!) that we did at San Diego’s Safari Park. It took me a long time, because I’ve been doing this instead. So here are my observations about the Safari Park: 1. Are you old enough to remember when it was called Lion [...]
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me: Is Legoland cooler than Disneyland? DNP: Yeah. me: Why? DNP: Because you did more stuff to power the rides. That’s true. I still LOVE Disneyland, and Legoland doesn’t have the MAGIC (you know what I mean), but you tell me: is there a ride in Disneyland you can WIN? Because it turns out that [...]
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We’re back from California where we packed at least three vacations into one week. Vacation 1 – Family Visit and trip to the Natural History Museum Vacation 2 – Legoland and visit with one of my high school friends and her daughter Vacation 3 – San Diego Safari Park Here is the thing about visiting [...]
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Potlucks are a food allergy danger zone. Tonight Disney’s Next Princess performed in her first ballet performance with Dance for Joy, and afterwards there was a potluck. There was a ton of food; I walked through the line with DNP first, filling her plate, noting the things that I could probably, maybe eat. On the [...]
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This is the other Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada doesn’t have Victorian buildings or the awesome railroad history of Las Vegas, New Mexico. It doesn’t have a plaza with a bandstand. Or Charlie’s Spic’n’Span, where, for a dollar, you can buy a chocolate donut that is as big as your face. Of course, I can’t [...]
Categories: Dessert,Eating Out,Where We Live
This week is Spring Break, so I took Disney’s Next Princess down to Albuquerque to visit the zoo (and Old Navy). After the zoo (and before Old Navy), we went to lunch. One of the first places I ever ate in Albuquerque after moving to New Mexico (18 years ago!) was May Cafe. May Cafe [...]
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I have stayed in five star hotels and I have stayed in hotels with no stars. I stayed in a hotel with two palm-sized spiders (one in the folds of the shower curtain and one on the wall behind the pillow); this was in Guatemala where the spiders are palm-sized. I have stayed in hotels [...]
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Friday night – Josh’s Barbeque. Best coleslaw in Santa Fe, and maybe the entire world. Saturday afternoon -Vinaigrette. Asian Beef Salad. This is the best salad in the universe. Vinaigrette is the best restaurant in Santa Fe (if you love salad). If you eat gluten-free you often eat salad when you eat out, but this [...]
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