| Where we’re going.
The only thing that makes the end of one vacation tolerable is the hope of another in the future. So we almost always have a trip (or two) up our sleeves when one has just finished. Here is a list of places we are planning to go, and for which trip reports will be posted in the future. Please email us YOUR tips and experiences in these places.
- Vietnam: Spring 2012
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Where We’d Like to Go — Some specific places we’ve read about in travel magazines or elsewhere that we’d like to check out.
Arts & Crafts Places
Dard Hunter Studios in Chillicoth, Ohio; Moravian Tile Works, Fonthill (mansion) and Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA; overnight at Seth Peterson Cottage in Lake Delton, Wisconsin (www.sethpeterson.org); Blackwell, Bowness on Windermere UK; Standen
Los Angeles
Canyon Country Store in Laurel Canyon; Fabrocini’s in Beverly Glen; hike in Franklin Canyon Park; Virginia Robinson Gardens
Spice Station, 3819 W. Sunset Blvd., spicestationsilverlake.com
Boston
The Haven (Scottish Pub; 2 Perkins St., JP, thehavenjp.com -DONE Sept. 2011!); Dumpling Cafe (Chinatown, dumplingcafe.com, xiao long bao)
Brunch: Gargoyles on the Square Somerville; Bambara-Cambridge; TW Food (377 Walden St., Cambridge)
Greater New England
Gary’s Ice Cream (Tiverton, RI – ginger flavor); Peaceful Meadows ice cream stand (Whitman, MA)
Bay Area
Pizzaiolo, Telegraph Ave. Oakland; Flour + Water SF (pizza and pasta, maltagliati); Il Cane Rosso, 1 Ferry Building #41 (DONE! Sept. 2011); Humphrey Slocombe alt-ice cream, try cornflake flavor with bourbon
New York City
The Pod Hotel, the podhotel.com
Momofuko Noodle Bar; Ideal Cheese Shop www.idealcheese.com; Murray’s Cheese Shop 254 Bleecker Street (DONE! July 2011); Tarallucci e Vino, 163 First Ave. (ciabatta panino – recommended by Francesco Bonami in T+L); Macaron Cafe (macaroncafe.com — 161 W. 36th St)
Upstate: Old Field Farm/art and Agriculture (Cornwallville); Warwick Valley Winery
Philadelphia
Italian Market (south Philly) DiBruno Bros dibruno.com; Eastern State Penitentiary (easternstate.org); Fairmount Park Japanese House (shofuso.com); Capogiro gelato (capogirogelato.com); Maxfield Parrish stained glass mural in the Curtis Center (610 Walnut St.)
Chicago
Duck fat fries at Hot Doug’s;
London
Sourdough pizza Franco Manca, Market Row, unit 4
Terence Conran’s warehouse with restaurants – cheap eats at the Caff (theboundary.co.uk)
Artisan du Chocolat (Notting Hill with cacao-pulp cocktails, artisanduchocolat.com)
Paris
Mama Shelter mamashelter.com; Porte de Clignancourt and Porte de Vanves flea markets
Laduree at CDG Terminal F
Hotel Le Clement (clement-moliere-paris-hotel.com) St. germain; Regent’s Hotel (france-hotel-guide-com) near Luxembourg Gardnes; Hotel de la Paix (paris-montparnasse-hotel.com)
Chez Germaine (7th, prix fixe, 30 rue Pierre Leroux); near Luxembourg Gardens roasted figs with ice cream, prix fixe, 8 rue de Vaugirard); Chocolaterie de Jacques Genin, 133, rue de Turenne (Marais) – salted-butter caramels, upstairs laboratory; La Patisserie des Reves http://www.lapatisseriedesreves.com/
France
Camping de Bordeaux Lac (cottages and bungalows)
Rue le Bec, Lyon (nicolasbec.com)
Portugal
Lisbon – Tavares (young chef disciple of Alain Ducasse – restaurantetavares.pt), slow-cooked egg
Rome
Pizzarium (Prati neighborhood, near Gelateria Gracchi, 3 via della Meloria)
Piedmont
Villa Tiboldi agriturismo, villatiboldi.it; Agrigelateria San Pe 29/A Cascina San Pietro/Poirino; Sacra de San Michele (hike up mule trail from Sant’Ambrogio www.sacradisanmichele.com and inspired Name of the Rose and town of Avigliana; town of Barolo
Italy
Florence – Le Volpi e L’Uva, 1 Piazza dei Rossi (enoteca)
Spain
Day trips from Madrid: Alcala de Henares (World Heritage Site); Aranjuez (World Heritage Site); Chinchon (medieval city with good restaurants, anise liquor is a city specialty
Australia
Sydney: Observatory Hotel (Observatoryhotel.com.au); Bondi Beach via Bus #333 scenic route (includes Satruday markets along Oxford Street; Danks Street district Waterloo; Black Star Pastry, gingerbread ninja men
Melbourne: Mornington Peninsular (1 hour drive away, wine country); Peninsula Hot Springs (and nearby Safety Beach, swim in Bass Strait); moorooduc Estate
Japan
Koyasan (stay at a temple, reach from Nankai private railway terminus in central Osaka’s Namba Station – from the cable car take No. 2 Okunoin bus to Senjuinbashi stop for tourist office and accommodations; shukobo.jp.eng (contact guides Kaori Kodama dokama@silver.ocm.me.jp or Noriko Matsuyama logos@cypress.ne.jp. Temple Ekoin)