Category: Food & Place

• (mini post) A Quiet Note on the Table: Dining at the Gaylord Rockies

  

  A short food-focused addendum from the Gaylord Rockies, exploring seasonal dishes, warm hospitality, and why food always matters.

  mariemondemm

  January 3, 2026

  FOOD & DINING, Food & Place

  Colorado, coloradodining, food, FOOD & DINING, foodandplace, foodquietly, gaylordrockies, life, love, luxurytravelfood, Recipes, resortdining, thoughtfuleating, travel

• What Endures: Black Walnuts, Winter Tables, and the Things That Wait

  

  The winter season in Virginia emphasizes endurance rather than new beginnings. Black walnuts, a significant part of the landscape, symbolize patience as they wait to be used after falling in autumn. Engaging with simple tasks like cooking and walking outdoors helps anchor thoughts during these quiet months. The transition of trees teaches a valuable lesson…

  mariemondemm

  December 31, 2025

  Essays & Reflections, Food & Place, Lifestyle, Seasonal Living, Winter Rituals

  Ancestral Foods, autumn, Black Walnuts, fall, Food and Place, Grounding Rituals, mid-atlantic, nature, Seasonal Eating, Seasonal Foodways, seasons, Slow Living, Virginia Winter, winter, Winter Cooking

• Coffee in Dubai قهوةفي دبي

  

  A trip to the Middle East is incomplete without coffee (qahwa, قهوة), especially a trip to Dubai! Arabica coffee beans are the original species of coffee. In fact, many historians state that there was not a single coffee plant outside of Africa or Arabia until the 1600s. The words “coffee” (English) and “café” (French/Spanish) originate…

  mariemondemm

  October 11, 2023

  FOOD & DINING, Food & Place, Travel & Place, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

  food, travel, Travel Tips, UAE

• Top 10 Reasons to Travel to Venice, Italy before it’s too late

  

  (Funny story, this same guy ended up being our gondola driver later and gave us a great discount!!!) I recently saw a news clip regarding the current, alarmingly high, water levels in Venice. The iconic, alluring UNESCO heritage site draws millions of tourists each year has been a thing of wonder for centuries. But the…

  mariemondemm

  May 2, 2023

  Food & Place, Uncategorized

  Italy, travel, Travel Tips