Author: Julia B. Wilde
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Granada: The Free Tapas Challenge
Granada’s restaurants are known for their tradition of free tapas with beer or wine. We’ve heard that they will keep bringing them as long as you keep ordering. Our challenge was to see just how far they will go.
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Tapas in Granada, Spain
Food crawling is a part of the lifestyle in Granada, one of the few cities in Spain to still offer free tapas. We share some of our favorite spots for tapas around the city.
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Malaga: Restaurants In The City
The winding streets of Malaga’s historic city center are perfect for meandering. The picturesque plazas are surrounded by restaurants and shops. Tapas bars can be found on just about every street, even the narrow little alleys. Everywhere people were eating, drinking, lounging at sidewalk cafes, and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. It really made me…
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Malaga: Restaurants By The Sea
Malaga has a little bit of everything we are looking for in a Spanish city: easy access by train and plane, a historic city center, beautiful waterfront, fresh seafood, and Mediterranean weather with abundant sunshine. The Costa del Sol is known for its overbuilt touristy coastline, but Malaga city itself is still very Spanish. Founded…
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Spain on our minds
Spain has been on our minds a lot lately. The food, the culture, and the encouragement of good friends in Spain prompted us to spend time this spring exploring the country. We had a direct flight to Madrid and then hopped on the Renfe AVE high speed train to southern Spain, visiting Malaga and Granada.…
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Washington National Cathedral / 2Amys
Combine a tour of the National Cathedral with delicious Italian small plates at 2Amys
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Historic Downtown Frederick Food Crawl
May 2018: This post has been updated to remove restaurants that have closed since the original 2016 post, and rewritten to include a few new favorites. The charming historic downtown of Frederick, MD is an easy day trip or weekend destination from DC. Only one hour north of the city (if you avoid weekday rush…
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Tasting Local Wine and Craft Beer in Williamsburg Virginia
We’ve toured through the historic center of Colonial Williamsburg many times, and will continue to do so because it is such a beautiful town, but Williamsburg is more than just an American history experience. There’s enough great food, wine, and beer to make it a worthy destination for the culinary experience alone. On our most recent…
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Green Line NW Metro Food Crawl
The Metro’s Green and Yellow lines travel through one of the most interesting areas of the District: the Northwest neighborhoods of Shaw, the U Street Corridor, and Columbia Heights. When we want to really immerse ourselves in DC culture and sample some the best new restaurants, this is where we go. These neighborhoods thrived in…
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Denizens Brewing Company Celebrates a Very Good Year
Denizens Brewing Company is one-year old this week. Happy Anniversary! When we find ourselves thirsty for a beer on a nice day in Silver Spring, we head to the end of East-West Highway just before it meets Georgia Avenue. There is usually a crowd – young and old and even some families – sitting on…
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