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Photos from Italy

May 4, 2010
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I decided, in the end, that I should probably revisit that li’l visit to Italy.  You know, the one from, what?  A month ago?  And by revisit, I mean stop stalling, conclude, get it over with already.  Rather than tell you what we did day by day, restaurant by restaurant, I’m going to let the [...]

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Tokaj Essence

November 21, 2009
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I tasted my first Tokaji aszú wine somewhere over the Atlantic, appropriately, on my first flight to Budapest.  I remember only that the honey-colored nectar was as sweet as it looked and that I was grateful for the side of blue cheese.  Not one for dessert wines, I haven’t really touched it since, though it is [...]

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