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Dining in style on the road less traveled

Posted on6 August 200927 April 2015Leave a comment

I was in a foreign city, watching TV with some friends I’d made there. We’d gone through the channels and had stopped at one that was showing a movie. After a few minutes, a girl in the group said, “This must be a French film. All they’re doing is talking and eating.” She was right. “If it were an American … >>

CategoriesTravelTagsfood, Pennsylvania, travel

In the land of the country mice

Posted on30 July 200920 April 2015Leave a comment

One of Aesop’s many fables is the story of two snobs, the town mouse and the country mouse. The town mouse goes to visit his cousin, who lives in the country. The town mouse doesn’t like the simple food he’s offered, so he invites the country mouse to visit him in the city. There they eat sweet things, but the … >>

CategoriesLife, TravelTagsAesop, animals, food, Pennsylvania, rodents, travel

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