At dinner last night I had a piece of Lake Superior trout with oxtail on top of it. Five green beans and a fried polenta ball with roasted corn inside. Nifty.
This entry was posted in Eating, Essay, travel and tagged Michigan on September 5, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
The food is good, plentiful. The wine, Sangiovese from Bertinoro, a barrel of it.
Around here there is no shortage of help if you want to find a good place to eat. One of our sources is Ricky. He has an enoteca across Ponte di Tiberio, on the San Giuliano side of Rimini. Before lunch or dinner, we stop in for a glass of wine.
This entry was posted in Eating, Essay, travel and tagged Bertinoro, Rimini, Sangiovese on June 3, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
Food so beautiful you can’t believe your eyes, food so good you can’t believe your tastebuds.
If you grow up and come of age at the dinner table in Michigan, the way I did, it can be hard to fathom the variety of foods in Italy.
This entry was posted in Essay, Life in Italy, travel and tagged Carne, pasta, Pesce, Rimini, romagna, San Marino, Verdure on June 1, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
This entry was posted in Essay, travel and tagged leisure, prehistoric man, technology, work on May 24, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
Here are some recommendations for where to stay, daily itineraries, and where to eat. You will walk Rome for three days, see a lot, and eat very well.
I have stayed a few times at Hotel Lancelot and been very happy.
Rome, day one This half day walk takes you to some of ancient Rome’s greatest hits. Dinner at Trattoria da Luzzi, near the Colosseum.
Rome, day two: Campo de Fiori, Ponte Sisto, Trastevere, the Janiculum Hill, Isola Tibertina, Piazza del Popolol Lunch at Il Brillo Parlante. Continue to Via Marguta, Spanish Steps, the Colloseum and Palatine Hill. Dinner at Trattoria der Pallaro, near Campo de Fiori.
Rome, day three: The Vatican, lunch at Dino and Tony’s, Villa Borghese, Porta Pinciana, Museum and Crypt of the Capuchin Friars, back to Trevi Fountain. Dinner at Hostaria Farnese, near Campo de Fiori.
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This entry was posted in travel and tagged Rome, travel guide on May 21, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
Here are some recommendations for where to stay, daily itineraries, and where to eat. You will walk Florence for two and a half days, see a lot, and eat very well. Also recommended, a half-day trip by local train to Lucca. Most of the walking itineraries have the Duomo as the point of departure.
I have always stayed at Hotel Casci. It’s reasonably priced, centrally located, and clean.
Florence arrival, lunch, mercato: Walk from Hotel Casci to Pepo’, a cute little lunch spot; take a stroll around the Mercato Centrale.
Florence half day orientation walk: Half-day orientation walk around Florence: Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Santa Croce, Ponte Vecchio, Pitti Palace, Santo Spirito, Piazza della Repubblica. Dinner at Osteria Fagioli (reservation required).
Florence, day two: A full-day in Florence: Bargello Museum, Piazzalle Michelangelo, lunch at Fuori Porta, Accademia Museum (reservation required), Piazza Sant’Annunziata, Fiesole. Dinner at Trattoria Marione (reservation recommended).
Florence, Lucca, day three): Half day in Florence, half day in Lucca. Dinner in Florence at Buca dell’ Orafo.
This entry was posted in travel and tagged florence, travel guide on May 21, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
This entry was posted in Essay, travel, Uncategorized and tagged creative nonfiction, Death Valley, memoir, National parks, Travelogue, Yosemite on May 9, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
I’ve been having doubts about my hat. It’s a hiker’s hat, with a full brim all the way around, and a drawstring that hangs in front of my ears and can be cinched under my chin. I bought it sort of on the fly. It was a careless oh-what-the-hell purchase. I knew I would need a hat. In three weeks time we would be walking eight National parks.
This entry was posted in Essay, travel and tagged Bryce, creative nonfiction, hats, hiking, Kerouac, memoir, spiritual, travel, Zion on May 5, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
There it is, a dinosaur footprint. How about that?
This entry was posted in Essay, travel and tagged Antelope Slot Canyons, Arches, breakfast, creative nonfiction, Forrest Gump, Jack Kerouac, memoir, Moab, On the Road, Thelma and Louise on April 28, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
I’m eating my second push-button pancake in the hotel breakfast room. On the television I can see something festive is happening. It’s a bicycle race or a foot race, or a parade.
This entry was posted in Essay, travel on April 25, 2018 by Rick Bailey.
Over the next few weeks my wife and I will be traveling with friends from Italy. We’re doing a tour of the canyon country in the American Southwest. The night before she and her husband left Italy for the U.S., Adele posted this photo of her last pizza.
“Whenever I take a trip,” she says, “I always go out for pizza the night before.” She wants a good pizza because wherever she’s going, it’s a safe bet the pizza will not be as good as the ones at home.
This entry was posted in Essay, travel on April 21, 2018 by Rick Bailey.