We spent four days and nights on Little Corn Island, off the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, scuba diving, relaxing and eating fresh seafood. Day 6 We got up early and walked across the island (10 minute walk) to Casa Iguana for a breakfast of fresh fruit, gallo pinto and coconut bread french toast with coconut-maple syrup.   Saw two orb spiders on the walk over [no photo. too scary]. Brad did diving skills off the beach all morning as part...

Day 4 We spent the morning walking around León. We started with breakfast at Bigfoot Hostel’s Pure Earth Café (tomato/onion/pepper omelettes with buffalo sauce and a fresh pineapple/passionfuit juice blend). We visited the small art museum- so good! Not what you would expect to find here. Supposedly the best art museum in all of Central America (I can see it). Tickets were just 20 cordobas (less than a buck) each. Then back to Sonati...

On day 3 of our Nicaragua trip, I got up earlier than Brad (which never happens) and walked across the street to Sonati Hostel’s main building at 6:30 am- it was closed! And now I was locked out of both buildings. I had no phone or way of telling Brad, but I had my journal, so I decided to stroll until I found a place to sit and write. I followed the mass of kids in their school uniforms, and we all ended up in front of La Iglesia de la...

Day 1 At 2:55am we flew out of JFK. After stopping in Honduras and El Salvador we finally flew into Managua (Nicaragua’s capital) at 9:30am. After getting our things (and a coffee for Brad) we hailed a cab to Israel Lewites, the main bus terminal. The cabbie ripped us off- we didn’t have exact change (the agreed price was $15 for us both, which was too much to begin with) and when all we had was a $20, he had only enough change in...

I eat at Masa 8 in Lawrenceville, NJ a lot. I think it’s the only decent sushi place in Lawrenceville (I also love Soonja’s in Princeton and Sumo Sushi in Pennington). Masa 8 has a good lunch deal- 2 special rolls for $16 (incl. tax). They have good sushi despite lousy music (Maria Carey and Feist… I love Feist, but not with my sushi). I usually get the Clinton roll (tuna on top of spicy tuna) and the Lemon Salmon (not on the...

I have two main hobbies when I’m not traveling or organizing: cooking and doing archival projects. By archival projects I mean taking old family objects and converting them to modern formats, then distributing them to family members for their enjoyment. I love doing this, not only because I am close with almost everyone in my huge, 3-sided family (mom’s side, dad’s side, stepmom’s side), but also because it means I get to...

3 weeks to go until the Nicaragua trip! Travel writing is the main aim of this blog but in the meantime I can report some of the interesting things I eat around here in the States. Brad and I met our friend Alex and others in NYC on Friday night for a mini reunion for Millbrook (my boarding school). We went out the next morning for brunch for our eight month anniversary. My friend Kara recommended Good in the West Village… a short subway...

Rat’s Restaurant at Grounds For Sculture in Hamilton, NJ is my current crush in the area. We celebrated my buddy Jason’s birthday there last weekend- a dinner for five in the coziest place you could possibly be in the winter. Three of us (myself, and Angela and Jason from the Buffalo adventure) met an hour before our reservation to walk around the sculture grounds at night- fun and well-lit but cold. When we got to Rat’s to...

Food trucks are gaining popularity, particularly in cities. I don’t know how green they are (they’re probably not very, at this point), but the idea is totally awesome. Here are some I’ve been to this year: The Taco Truck and the Korilla BBQ (Korean) at The Lot at 30th Street under the NYC High Line, with buddy (and site designer) Justin Massimo… unfortunately The Lot was a temporary thing, though the High Line lives on-...

Brad and I took a long weekend in October to knock a few things off our individual and joint to-do lists. On Friday morning we drove 5 hours north to Rochester, where I finally sampled a garbage plate after two years of curiosity. We went to Nick Tahou’s, the original, and ate these:   We weren’t blown away, but they were tasty, filling and fun to look at. It was neat to sample what Oscar the Grouch chokes down daily....