Lonely Planet considers Barcelona the number one tourist attraction in Europe, but is it for the amazing international vibe? The thousands of years of history? The Mediterranean climate? The Mediterranean food? The Mediterranean in general? All of the above? After living outside of Barcelona for awhile now, I too have fallen for the charms of […]
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2012’s Top 10 Quotes
2012’s best quotes from The Delicious Day’s Most Popular Posts 10. “With gay families we want our families so bad we need to go out there and create them. There are no accidents and I think that is a very profound point…It took an incredible amount of love and resources to get our child here. […]
40 Years, 25 Life Lessons
40 years and the 25 lessons I learned in them… 1. Assholes are assholes and good people are good people and only on the very rare occasion does one become the other. 2. Your heart is right 50 to 75 percent of the time. Your gut is right 100 percent of the time. 3. Everything […]
10 Best Places I Traveled
Everyone always asks, “Where is your favorite place to travel?” Choosing one favorite is an impossibility but narrowing it down to 10 is, well, at least a little easier. Here are some of my favorites: 1. Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain The four words you need to know about Menorca? Go. There. Right. Now. (Here are […]
Age 43, Living with Mom and Dad (Happily)
Live with your parents after age 18 in the US? Complete loss of all street cred. Shack up with your parents at the ages of 26, 43 or 67 in Spain? A cultural given. Being raised in the US meant expectations of college at 18 and finding a job which would provide financial independence at […]
How I Almost e-F’d My Whole Life
I loved him the moment I saw the lead singer of the Malaysian cover band on his shoulders. The scene kind of looked like this. Uncle Chang, the namesake of the island hotel I was staying in, had arrived a few hours prior. Upon seeing Uncle Chang standing at the prow of his Malaysian water […]