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Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide
Culture, Europe, Travel Advice

Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide

May 12, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 11 mins read

Portugal has made it onto just about every top travel list this year, and with good reason. I loved the month I spent there in […]

Europe, Food

Olive Oil on Everything—A Gastronomic Diary of Italy

May 29, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Sicily, 2013—where I first learned about putting olive oil on everything. Florence, Tuscany Gnocchi with fennel, mint and gorgonzola. A generous drizzle of olive oil […]

Europe, Food

What Makes this Mountain Different from all other Mountains?

May 22, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome Valle Aurelia, Rome, Italy This could be any street in any city. Mixed-era apartment buildings. Imposing stone architecture at turns. Cobblestones […]

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both
Africa, Culture, Food, U.S.

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both

April 6, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A side alley off Buitenkant Street, Gardens, City Center, Cape Town The first sip is bitter, sour, almost acrid, before my palette adjusts and the […]

Culture, Europe, Food

Snapshot: Bar Willy

August 27, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

8:30a.m., Trastevere, Roma — 24 August 2015I begin the day with that most Italian of concoctions… il bar.Bar Willy sits at one corner of a […]

Africa, Culture, U.S.

Kenya V United States (A Fun Chart)

April 13, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

This blip of time back in the U.S. has offered me some perspective on both Kenya and my home country, and a chance to reflect […]

Food

Just a Little Bit of Culture Shock

April 10, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

Piles of fruit in Malindi, Kenya. *** I’ve always scoffed at the concept of culture shock. I go somewhere; there I am. Okay. I go […]

Africa, Culture

Embracing Syncretism

February 25, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

When I first encountered the concept of cultural immersion, it sounded something like this: To understand—to truly understand—another place and people, you must eat, sleep, […]

Asia, Culture

Shanghai Snippets

November 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

In Shanghai, everything is new. Or it wants to be new. Or it will be new just as soon as the old is knocked down […]

Nature, U.S.

Waiting For The Invisible, Part III

October 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I think I could write about autumn forever. Something about this turning of the season insists on words. I would like to complete the series […]

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