Food

Six Reasons to Savor Spain

Thumbnail image for Six Reasons to Savor Spain by Gina "SuuperG" Stark December 28, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Flamenco: I was first blessed with the good fortune to enjoy authentic, rustic and spontaneous flamenco in Madrid during the summer I spent there in my wide-eyed eighteenth year.  I stayed with my American girlfriend who was living there and had fettered out the best local places for food-ing, disco-ing and flamenco gawking. Let’s just [...]

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Gratitudinousness – What I am Thankful for Today and Always

Thumbnail image for Gratitudinousness – What I am Thankful for Today and Always by Gina "SuuperG" Stark November 23, 2011 Belly Dance

Gratitudinousness.  It’s one of my favorite conjured words. And it really works in that gratitude is such a BIG concept…I think it kinda needs more greedy letters “We don’t need more to be thankful for, we might just need to be more thankful.” Unknown Many who know me in my life and on Twitter and [...]

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Travel Recipe: My “Spanish Madre’s” Gazpacho

Thumbnail image for Travel Recipe: My “Spanish Madre’s” Gazpacho by Gina "SuuperG" Stark September 20, 2011 Random Ponderings

Last week I shared the fact that I was whipping up a batch of my favorite cold summer “soup”, gazpacho, and Brad Spencer on Twitter goaded me into sharing it.  OK, actually, I am happy and proud to share this recipe, as for me it represents true food love that was lavished up me by [...]

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The Italian Dolomites: Local Flavor, Spellbinding Witches and Thrilling Thunder

Thumbnail image for The Italian Dolomites: Local Flavor, Spellbinding Witches and Thrilling Thunder by Gina "SuuperG" Stark August 29, 2011 Travel and Adventures

One of the special perks of touring with an experienced guide is the introduction to local people who are more than happy to share their grappa or limoncello as well as the more secret and intimate treasures of their home region. Which Witch? Petra was one such gem that our guide Gary Scott arranged for [...]

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Hiking Italy: Delving Into the Dolomites

Thumbnail image for Hiking Italy: Delving Into the Dolomites by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 9, 2011 Hiking

Many of you who know me and/or follow my meanderings know that I have been eagerly anticipating my trip to the Italian Dolomites this summer.  Well, here I am and it so far has exceeded my expectations and hopes.  I only wish I could say as much for my own body! A Guide on the [...]

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Venice: A Thing of Beauty – Then and Now

Thumbnail image for Venice: A Thing of Beauty – Then and Now by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 3, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Venice has been called the most beautiful city in the world.  After meandering and savoring it’s many delights and sights for four days, I confess I won’t stand up and challenge that statement. I had been to Venice before, as an 18-year old high on freedom, possibility and the adventures made available to young travelers [...]

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Interactive Travel: New York, DC, Italy …Tell Gina Where to Go

Thumbnail image for Interactive Travel: New York, DC, Italy …Tell Gina Where to Go by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 21, 2011 Interactive Travel

I’m off once again! To New York, DC and Italy.  On a new adventure that I hope will be guided in part by your suggestions and input.  I began this “project” about a year ago when I posted: Tell Gina Where to Go…An Experiment in Interactive Travel/Blogging and I got some welcome insider tips and [...]

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Santa Barbaraaahhhh Beach Walking, Site Gawking

Thumbnail image for Santa Barbaraaahhhh Beach Walking, Site Gawking by Gina "SuuperG" Stark February 27, 2011 Interactive Travel

I know. I’m a tease. I’ve been posting pictures on Twitter of little snippets of my most recent jaunt to this most lovely of Southern California towns.  But I’ve decided to gloat in full pano-vision right here on my blog Oh come on.  You know you like it.  You keep coming back for more. Well, [...]

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Bangkok: Orient-ation for My Volunteer Stint or: Temples, Trannies, Tigers and Toilet Paper

Thumbnail image for Bangkok: Orient-ation for My Volunteer Stint or: Temples, Trannies, Tigers and Toilet Paper by Gina "SuuperG" Stark October 7, 2010 Travel and Adventures

It sounds more exotic than it was. Also, I’m not so philanthropic that I gave no thought to my own enrichment and enjoyment by traveling once again to Thailand, a country I have thoroughly enjoyed in the past.  But this time, my final destination would be the island Ko Tao and what I hoped would [...]

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Santa Barbara: Like Visiting an Old Friend

Thumbnail image for Santa Barbara: Like Visiting an Old Friend by Gina "SuuperG" Stark September 4, 2010 Interactive Travel

I grew up in west L.A. Good, bad and ugly, one of the good-est aspects of this childhood locale was it’s proximity to Santa Barbara. It’s hard to know how many people have heard of this gem of Southern California. I mean, I believe it’s fairly well known;  If for no other reason than the [...]

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Family Fun and Faire Fare

Thumbnail image for Family Fun and Faire Fare by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 6, 2010 Travel and Adventures

Firstly, please don’t leave me because of my alliteration addiction. Addicts need love, too.  Evidently, we also need to indulge in carb, fat and sugar laden treats whose visions and aromas waft unjustly to our senses at any county fair worth it’s salt. Oh yes, salted goodies, too, tempt the palate.  This is not the [...]

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On the Road Again – with Belly Dancers !?!

Thumbnail image for On the Road Again – with Belly Dancers !?! by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 31, 2010 Belly Dance

Road trips are always an adventure.  But gather five friends who belly dance together and you get a whole new synergy.  Here we all were, up in Sebastopol, California for a belly dance convention, and we decided to take a side jaunt in our little trusty rental car to the coast.  Several of us were [...]

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