Journeying Inside
A surefire revision tactic: reading something out loud ensures that students will hear mistakes they have never noticed before.
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Road Food Re-Mix
by Lisa Bullard
I love seeking out oddball road food opportunities. In New Jersey: a Chinese-Italian buffet where the spaghetti and lo mein rubbed shoulders like long-lost cousins. In Nashville: a Swedish-Southern all-you-can-eat spread, with fried chicken and pickled herring vying for attention. In New York City: a Greek-Mexican café.
Many of the world’s diverse taste temptations are no longer exotic options to us.… more
Return Visit
by Lisa Bullard
San Francisco has an eerie quality of reinvention that is unique to that city for me. When I make return visits to other destinations, the visual “pieces” from each trip start to fit together like giant jigsaw puzzles, and eventually I form an integrated picture of the whole place.
But despite the number of times I’ve visited San Francisco, each new visit feels as if I’m seeing someplace new: the city feels completely remade to me.… more
