Great Reads & More Yummy Eats in L.A.
Since my last post in this corner, I finished The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon. So much of the book focused on the mundane drudgery of war and how everyday people are at the mercy of a few powerful men and their egos. The book is set in the mid-1800s when Florence Nightingale’s band…
Books and Fun Eats in California & Arizona
One of the first things I did once we arrived in Los Angeles and sort of settled in was to head to the local public library. I wanted to keep up the reading streak I’ve been on since we’ve been traveling, so I picked up five books that looked interesting and started reading. I’m a…
Surprising and Familiar Flavors in São Paulo
Before I dive into the delicious food we ate in São Paulo, I want to give a quick book update. Since the last book exchange I completed in Buenos Aires, I finished reading 1491 by Charles C. Mann. The writing is very engaging and methodical without being too overwhelming. What I really appreciated was that…
So Much Food, So Little Time
As is the case whenever we visit a capital city, one of the first things I check is whether we can book a tour of the National Library. Unfortunately, tours were unavailable. Then I searched for the Jewish Museum. As luck would have it, the museum is closed until this summer for renovations. (It’s just…
Yerba Mate, Chivito, and Fun Bites in Uruguay
Though Uruguay has a significant Jewish population, there isn’t very much in the way of Jewish tourism. In Montevideo, we found a Holocaust memorial on the rambla (promenade), a statue to Albert Einstein, and a square named after former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. There are many synagogues and community centers, but touring them isn’t…
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Traveling While Introverted 