Greetings from...

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Originally posted by gigabit:
Ireland is near the top of our list of vacation destinations.

Same here, gig. We're debating whether to finish next year's trip in Ireland or the Hebrides.

Paris-SIAL Global Food Marketplace...day two.

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Originally posted by MJAlbers:
Paris-SIAL Global Food Marketplace...day two.

Bernardsville, NJ

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Originally posted by steve8:
Bernardsville, NJ

Brag, brag, brag!

See you next week.

Acton, MA

You're really gettin' around this trip.

Back from hiatus and also a small (relatively) section hike on the Appalachian Trail – two days from Pen Mar to the Washington Monument in Boonsboro, (20 miles +/-).

Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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Originally posted by snipes:
Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Three weeks, right?

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by snipes:
Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Three weeks, right?

Yep, about a week too long for my tastes.

Dallas, TX

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Originally posted by steve8:
Dallas, TX

You suck Mr Unsociable.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:

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Originally posted by steve8:
Dallas, TX

You suck Mr Unsociable.

Sorry Joe, next time for sure. I've been traveling so much lately that I was really not keen on coming down a day earlier on Saturday, just so I could drink more.

Tonight, Houston, TX, where I'll be drinking with Nolan and JAR.

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Originally posted by steve8:
I've been traveling so much lately that I was really not keen on coming down a day earlier on Saturday, just so I could drink more.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by steve8:
I've been traveling so much lately that I was really not keen on coming down a day earlier on Saturday, just so I could drink more.

Which part is confusing? Instead I stayed in Montreal, where I drank with you and Mimik.

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Originally posted by steve8:

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by steve8:
I've been traveling so much lately that I was really not keen on coming down a day earlier on Saturday, just so I could drink more.

Which part is confusing? Instead I stayed in Montreal, where I drank with you and Mimik.

True enough.

Sorry, Joe. Next time.

New Orleans.

w+a, try any oysters? Seriously. Are they even for sale down there now?

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Originally posted by Board-O:
w+a, try any oysters? Seriously. Are they even for sale down there now?

I stopped at the market here in Montreal to pick up some scallops and shrimp for a risotto tonight. They had some beautiful looking, huge, shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.

"From where did you say?...Ur, no thanks"

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Originally posted by Board-O:
w+a, try any oysters? Seriously. Are they even for sale down there now?

Board-O, everything we enjoyed for three days was exceptional. This was not a surprise, as the overwhelming majority of the seafood we have in Texas comes from the Gulf, and there have been no major issues whatsoever.

I'm in Houston every month ( 40 miles from the Gulf) and always ask chef friends about the issue we hear about from the media. They all just laugh. There is 1700 miles of Gulf coastline in the U.S. alone, so avoiding the small area of the oil spill for a couple of months was not hard. The only thing that was an issue was their seafood was delayed a day due to extra inspections, but all is back to normal.

New Orleans truly does have exceptional food.

Good to hear. We always thought that the only good oysters came from northern waters- then we had some Gulf oysters.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
They all just laugh. There is 1700 miles of Gulf coastline in the U.S. alone, so avoiding the small area of the oil spill for a couple of months was not hard. The only thing that was an issue was their seafood was delayed a day due to extra inspections, but all is back to normal.

Good to know!

Oslo

California.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
California.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
California.

101 degrees. It is November for goodness sakes.

Hey, you're the one that decided to go hang out in a freaking desert.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
California.

101 degrees. It is November for goodness sakes.

Yeah, this is not normal. It is supposed to be low 80's high 70's by the weekend.

CDG

Paris Airport Charles de Gaulle
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McKinney, TX. Living the high life this weekend!

Newport Beach, CA.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Newport Beach, CA.

Really? How about an email...

xhoser@yahoo.com

Beijing

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Originally posted by aphilla:
Beijing

Let me know how the duck place is if you end up going.

Will do. Plan to go. our bd guy has a pig place lined up also.

Buenos-Aires.
Heading for steak-restaurant cabana las lilas

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Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:
Buenos-Aires.
Heading for steak-restaurant cabana las lilas

Beautiful city, the restaurant was underwhelming