Links We Love: 1/10/2015 What we're clicking on this week (when we're not packing on the layers.) One day, I'd love to check into Houshi Ryokan. The traditional Japanese hotel is supposedly the oldest continually operating, family-run business. Meet Gluta, probably the world's happiest dog. Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, held a competition to redesign kroner bank notes. From Jean-Michel Basquiat to Peggy Guggenheim, see where NYC's biggest players in the art world once lived. – Berit, editor One of my favorite reads this month: An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station. – Berit As part of Kate Spade New York's collection of space-themed accessories, we compiled a guide to far-out, super spacey, intergalatic phenomena as seen from Earth. – Jeralyn, editorial director The Charlie Hebdo tribute on the cover of next week's New Yorker magazine is incredibly moving. – Pavia THIS WEEK ON FATHOM: Mapping Out 2015 Bedroom details in Casa Claridge. Seven OCD buys to ward off travel bugs.
Yapta: Track flight prices and check for airline refunds HiP Paris Blog [:en]Follow the Food Festival: A Voyage into Small Town Portugal[:] [:en] As the mayor of the tiny Portuguese village told me in broken Spanish, (our only common language)-“If it doesn’t melt in your mouth, it’s not ham…” Those of you guys who know me by now, know I’m an absolute sucker for food. So, where in the world is Barrancos? Barrancos is a teeeeeny tiny 2,000 person village in the South of Portugal, right next to the Spanish border. except everyone spoke Portuguese. Now, I’ve never been a big hamconnoisseur. And ham I ate. Now what exactly is this mysterious ham, you might ask? I introduce you to my dear friend, the ham. We got really personal… Like, really personal. Now, behind every leg of ham, there is a man cutting it. His name is Alberto. But his heart… His heart was with the cheese. And that’s not all. After 2 hours of ham lovin’, sausage stuffin’, cheese munchin’ fun, came the dessert. Dulce de yema (more like dulce de YUMa) A really huge chocolate truffle ball And the classic. And then came the wine. Starting on the left. Port wine from Porto!
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adventure journal | The deeper you get, the deeper you get Start Here: The State of Disney Dining And if you're a food-eating human, a visit to Disney can come with a unique set of challenges. So Eater editors Bill Addison, Helen Rosner, and I went down to Florida in the middle of June to suss out the situation. What's noteworthy? Want to skip ahead? But first, let's take a look at the General State of Disney Dining: San Angel Inn and Via Napoli, both in Epcot's World Showcase The Walt Disney World complex in Orlando — which encompasses four major theme parks, two water parks, 36 hotels, a boardwalk, a campground, and a nightlife and shopping center — boasts 449 food and beverage establishments that feed over 53,000 human beings a day. Where Disney excels, both in dining and in general, is in the details But sheer breadth of offerings isn't the true impressive aspect of the Disney dining scene. A corner of Harambe Market in Animal Kingdom Which is a good segue into the bad news. But pleasures can very much be found — not only pleasures but ingenuity, quirky surprises, and pure joy.
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