Pho-to Friday

Ethan eating Pho...get it?  :)

I can't wait to join Ethan in Hawaii soon...for several reasons...good Pho being one of them!

Hilo Farmers Market

The Hilo Farmers Market is seriously the best farmers market anywhere!  

Where else can you get gorgeous flowers, home-made tamales, smoothies, malasadas, organic veggies, Kona coffee, orand original jewlery and clothing...all in one stop?  If you are ever in Hilo side on the Big Island on a Wednesday or Saturday, you have to stop by!

the coconut guy.  He will machete a coconut for you to drink.  Yum!

Rambutan

Kona Coffee fresh from the source!

mmmm buttery avocados...

Mangoes & Mangosteen.  What is a mangosteen?  Why, I'm so glad you asked.

breadfruit, a staple of the Pacific Islanders

home-made tamales and doughnuts on a stick!  So Ono!

 

Ventura Farmers Market

pies!

the best strawberries I've ever had!

agave!

asparagus

Saturday Farmers Market friends

live local music

dancing time

Haka boy

.....all this leads to...

delicious lunch!

Oropesa, "Land of the bread"

Patrick with the pan grande

We drove through this tiny town en route to Tipon today. Oropesa is about 30 minutes from Cuzco and famous for its bread, which most all of the villagers participate in the baking of in their 300-year-old ovens.

When our car slowed down on the side of the main street, a flock of bread-sellers surrounded the windows. As you can see from the picture, we held out for the biggest loaf. This monster was lunch for 5 people, and was light & fluffy with raisins sprinkled in.

NYC: Where we ate/drank

Grimaldi's Pizza. 

The line here is a mile long, so the trick is to grab some friends, take turns waiting in line while the others cruise the waterfront, order 2 pies to go, and take them to the park to watch the sunset.  Perfecto!

Sun set over the East River

...and Bagels

Breakfast in Boca (or anywhere in South Florida) consist of: smoked fish, dried fish, kippered fish and…bagels! The Jewish delis have the familiar vibe of your corner mom & pop diner, with a distinctly different menu. You won’t find bacon and eggs here! Once you can accept the idea of fish for breakfast, it really is pretty awesome!