A Taste of Los Cabos: Eat What You Catch

Marina Cabo San Lucas at Daybreak

When I heard of the possibility of snowfall this weekend, I thought I had heard wrong, that my lack of sleep had caused me to imagine false weather reports. I watched as people on Twitter and Facebook began commenting about the inconvenience an early snowstorm would cause. Out of curiosity, I looked up the weather forecast for the Lehigh Valley to see how much snow we could expect... and I laughed.

The weather service has no forecast yet for snow accumulations Saturday. It is predicting less than one-tenth of an inch of precipitation of rain and snow combined. (Source)

Although the snowfall will probably amount to nothing, the report got me thinking. I'm not ready for winter. While I love snow, I'm not ready to begin commuting in it, so I'm going to concentrate on warmer days full of sunshine and cool ocean breezes. I'm going back to Los Cabos.

New York City Wine & Food Festival - Grand Tasting, Day 2

Illy Park Welcome Center in New York

I'm not going to lie. Given that I was on my seventh straight day of riding the bus into the city, I was absolutely exhausted by the time I got to the final day of the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival and Sunday's Grand Tasting. I was moving noticeably slower than my typical commuter pace as I walked from the subway station to the Illy Park Welcome Center, so I dialed it down and took a more relaxed approach.

New York City Wine & Food Festival - Grand Tasting, Day 1

Pier 57 at Chelsea Piers in New York

Ever since I moved to Pennsylvania, the time I’ve spent in Manhattan on the weekend has decreased exponentially. Sunday brunch excursions have been relocated from Murray Hill and the Village to various spots around the Lehigh Valley. In fact, before I partnered with Buitoni for the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival, I could barely count the reasons for making a weekend trip into the city on one hand. Now I finally had cause to “take the Bridge” for something other than work.

San Pellegrino's Meatball Madness, Presented by Buitoni

Tickets to San Pellegrino's Meatball Madness in New York, Presented by Buitoni and Hosted by Giada De Laurentiis
SoHo. 6:30pm. A line of people clutching orange-trimmed tickets snaked its way along Mercer and wrapped itself around the corner at Spring. At the end of the line is where I stood, waiting for the line to inch forward and for one of the blue-shirted volunteers to take my ticket and strap a band around my wrist.

Behind me, a group of women had an animated discussion about a man I didn't know, his portfolio, and his house in the Hamptons. Then, suddenly, one of the women interrupted her friends and asked, "Are they only serving meatballs at this thing?"

I was dying to turn around and remind her that the name of the event was Meatball Madness. Thankfully, as I was opening my mouth to say something, the line started to move.