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    A perfect cup of coffee requires a perfect grind

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    Our first and hopefully not final Frontier flight

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    Transcending time in a New York taxicab

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    Quick escapes from New York City by bus

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Weekend Getaway to Storm King Art Center

Posted on July 23, 2017July 23, 2017

Imagine you could book a semi-organized day trip outside New York without getting in a car or bus. Well, you can, with Metro-North Getaways, which offer round-trip on the train and discount museum and event tickets. We’ve been big fans of the Metro-North option for some time, having done the Farm Fresh tours twice, Dia:Beacon, […]

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Classic camping with a Coleman briefcase stove (How-to)

Posted on July 23, 2017August 3, 2017

We were planning a car camping trip over the July 4th and I had to get us a Coleman stove. That’s because few things cause as much pleasant nostalgia as using the same equipment we used as Boy Scouts: Eureka Timberline tents, Coleman lanterns, and Coleman stoves were our mainstays. As you may have noticed […]

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We’re going camping

Posted on June 28, 2017June 28, 2017

I have my briefcase, time for a July 4th weekend trip to the Adirondacks. More to come soon. 

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Japan’s 21st-century toilet technology

Posted on April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

Never have I seen so many buttons in a bathroom stall, I thought as I took a quick pit stop after our 14-hour flight from New York to Tokyo. It turns the sleek international terminal of Narita Airport would not be the last place we’d see what I’d call “toilet technology”.  Japan is indeed a […]

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How to Take a Bath in Japan

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017

Our Western stereotype of Japan is that everything there is small and more efficient, and while that isn’t entirely true, it does hold for the perplexing task of bathing in a Japanese bath. Believe it or not, bathing is not a straightforward exercise, and at the moment to you go bathe, we have found that […]

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DIY: Roast Your Own Coffee (RYOC): Technique

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017

Perhaps you love coffee and would like to experiment, you may be looking to replicate the fresh coffee you tried in some cafe, or you may simply be starting to question why you spend so much to buy roasted coffee from someone else. Coffee is an industrial product like beer, and also like beer, you […]

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DIY: Roast Your Own Coffee (RYOC): Equipment

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017

Roasting your own coffee is a fairly simple process that requires a minimum of finesse. Even better, time investment is only slightly more than making a batch of popcorn. Whether you’re looking to roast for your own daily consumption or to add flavor to a home-brewed stout or porter, here’s a primer on how to […]

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In Japan, it’s always time for coffee

Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017

There is a well-founded stereotype of Japan as a place where people take their job seriously. One sip told me they take their coffee seriously here as well. For a country associated with green tea, this was a big surprise. There is no watery diner coffee here. If even grandparents make this strong a drink, […]

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Norwegian Airlines Post-Mortem / Review

Posted on March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

I wrote this after our trip to Europe and forgot to post it until now.We had a full-fare experience at a discount-fare price on Norwegian and I hope you will too. Norwegian Air competes on price and their planes are new, plus your seat still reclines. Your biggest hassle will be the ticket line prior […]

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Breaking the rules: Grodziskie, a Polish smoked wheat beer

Posted on March 12, 2017March 12, 2017

Of all the beers I’ve tried over my life, for better or worse, none is more indelibly stamped into my brain than the Kosciuszko Polish Smoked Wheat from Yards Brewing in Philadelphia. Nearly ten years later I still remember its intense smokiness. Brewed alongside their popular Ales of the Revolution series honoring Washington, Jefferson, and […]

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