Category: food

Madrid

I have a friend named Teo, who is from Madrid, and whom I spent four years with in the Marine Corps. He has been trying to get me to go to Spain with him for the past 20 years! Alas, this most recent trip to Madrid it just so happened that he was going to…

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Plan B? Detour in Nîmes…

The best laid plans will change no doubt!  We’d purchased only one set of train tickets in advance for the journey from Martigues, France to Figueres, Spain.  This was due to rental car needs for a 2-night stay in Roses, Spain.  Roses is out towards the coast of Cadaques and is not serviced by train. …

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Planning for France-Spain

We fly into Nice and have successfully booked lodging — airbnb for the win AGAIN! — in Antibes for our first two nights. We then head to Martigues for 4 nights so we can fully explore the region. We have yet to solidify any sort of itinerary for this region yet, so feel free to…

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Feed Me, Seymour

One of S-Rad’s nicknames for me is mouse –> I’m a small, food-driven mammal who in some way or another is thinking of food at any and every given moment. Planning dinner while eating breakfast, thinking of what the lunch menu may include too… We’re new to the central valley area, so I did some…

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Friday Faves, 4.0

It may simply be waves Or the rhythmic sound against the shore As I look out upon the ocean My heart seems to grow more and more Apparently the children’s literature class I suffered through took has provided me some poetry skills?!? Albeit juvenile and completely undeveloped, there may be poet potential within me.  Oh,…

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Friday Favorites, 2.0

In continuation of my Friday favorites, I’ve found inspiration in my mimosa(s) while sitting at the Joshua Tree Saloon this fine Friday. S. Rad is actively pursuing one of his obsessions with one of his besties out in many piles of rocks, so I decided to take time to myself for a rejuvenating shower and meal…

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The Rad Hoc Kitchen

~ Sunday Suppers ~ What’s on your menu tonight? Do you meal prep on Sundays for your whole week? When I worked in an office outside our home M-F we did our farmers market/grocery shopping and meal prep predominately on Sundays.  Hubby felt this was such a chore, and honestly, I did too.  I also…

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