My friend Lulu graciously hosted me in her West Village apartment recently. We crammed all of our fun together into a little over 36 hours that looked something like this...
The beach! Once you’ve had your fill of the big cities and the ancient cities, head to Thalpe for a still-semi-secluded stretch of beaches. Start around Wijaya Beach where the reef keeps the water calm–more so in the morning than...
In and out of the ancient cities and all along your travels, you will pass immense statues, temples large and small, huts, green villages, jungles, rice paddy fields, cashew crops, animals... you could spends weeks just exploring the ancient cities, hill country, Kandy.
You can spend your entire trip trying to fit in everything you have to eat: fresh fish and crabs straight from the sea, epic breakfasts at someone's home and dozens of street food specialties. And you should.
I walked into Book City in Toronto last week, looking for a little gift for my mom, and ran right into a cookbook display that was built by someone who is clearly stalking my brain and has been for at least a year.
Summer in TO has been pretty typical so far. Which is to say: There have been night markets and there have been street sales. There have been parties crashed by the expected but unwanted guests–raccoons. (No longer just midnight marauders...
