by Michelle Lyttle Lowery on March 1, 2010
in Travel
I started this blog to share news about fellow Rota Admirals, and I wouldn’t normally include a personal plea like this. No offense to all you parents out there, but I don’t think anyone wants to see the blog turn into a request list for buying gift wrap and Girl Scout cookies. I’m making an exception because of what this young girl is trying to do, and how it hits close to home for us.
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by Michelle Lyttle Lowery on January 23, 2010
in Travel
I’ve been talking about this series with people on Facebook lately, so I thought I’d share it here, too since it’s a favorite of mine. A few years ago, well known chef Mario Batali and a producer friend of his thought it would be fun to create a short series of shows about Spain—its people, its culture, and most of all, its food. Batali’s father worked for Boeing, and was transferred to the company’s operation in Spain in the mid-seventies when Batali was a teenager. While they lived and spent most of their time in Madrid, Batali’s parents took him and his siblings all over Spain so they could experience everything the country had to offer. It’s an experience that has stayed with him, and he now owns two Spanish restaurants in New York City. When the opportunity to do a show about the country he so dearly loved came about, he jumped at it. And when he found out friend Gwyneth Paltrow also had childhood experiences in Spain, he invited her along for the ride.
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