Category — Events + Sights

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People, this is what it looks like when I open my oven right now:

How cool is that? And who are these lovely and portable rainbow cakes for? A special friend’s birthday? A super cool kid? Nope. I’m not even going to take a bite.

I am going to frost them in the morning, put a lid on them, and bring them down to the Blogger Bake Sale happening right in my neighborhood tomorrow. (All the details are contained within that link.) You can buy them–and a slew of other offerings from dozens of talented food bloggers–if you stop by! The best part is that 100% of your money will go to Share Our Strength, a terrific organization that has the goal of ending childhood hunger.

The least I could do for this event was bring out the big guns, by which I mean, of course, the RAINBOWS! It’s a known fact that everyone loves rainbows, and I want these things to sell out so I can do my part to get a huge donation to Share Our Strength in play!

In addition to the rainbow cakes, allow me to further entice you. I’m also contributing a large batch of chewy pecan and potato chip cookies, and another set of jarred confections involving unholy amounts of nutella, chocolate cake, cream cheese icing, and graham crackers. See you there!

UPDATE: I put up the how-to for the cakes here, so you can make them yourself. Enjoy!

One early morning in London I happened to walk up Middlesex Street, when I came across a bunch of letters painted on the closed up shops. It was such a nice surprise on a dreary day. I looked into it and learned it was the handiwork of street artist Ben Eine….

You know, Ben Eine. I’ll spell it out for you:

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People ask me for travel advice all the time, and sometimes I just don’t get around to blogging about it in advance. Here’s your chance to ask me anything about anywhere! If I have any good intel–I’ll gladly share it with you.

The Question: I’m heading to Tokyo for a business trip, and I want to find some really cool and unique shops for gifts, food, and a taste of Japanese pop culture while I’m there. What are your favorite shops in Tokyo?

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Most people only visit Dar es Salaam as a stop in a journey onwards to Zanzibar or a safari. There is something in Dar that’s totally worth a visit, though: the morning madness at Mzizima Fish Market.

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San Diego! Land of enchantment. Oh, wait, I think that’s actually New Mexico. Anyway, I love San Diego, and since I went to college there (Go Tritons!) AND since San Diego doesn’t change and morph as quickly as certain other cities (Brooklyn, I’m looking at you), I still know a lot of cool places to go there. At least, I think they’re cool. Let me know if you disagree.

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People ask me for travel advice all the time, and sometimes I just don’t get around to blogging about it in advance. Here’s your chance to ask me anything about anywhere! If I have any good intel–I’ll gladly share it with you. This is the question that inspired the start of this new regular feature!

The Question: “Me, my wife, and my 2-year-old son are going to Europe for the month of May.  We fly into Berlin at the start of the month and we fly out of Rome at the end.  We will definitely make our way to Paris in between, but that’s all we have.  I’ve only been to London, Amsterdam and few cities in Spain, so I am completely overwhelmed with the many choices of where else we could go. So, I’m wondering if you know of any easy-to-get-to great locales in between Berlin, Paris and Rome. Also, any train advice you have would be helpful.  I know that flying between the cities would be cheapest, but I’m trying to avoid flying and airports as much as possible.

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A few months ago, I posted about some of my favorite things to do in Cholula, Mexico. This is the companion post, about Puebla. (If you go to Puebla, you will go to Cholula, and vice-versa–partly because they are both fabulously interesting places and mostly because they are only about a 15 minute drive from one another.)

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When we were kids, our parents would sing us this song, which starts like this:

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