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February 2012

Sunday Set List: Brunch Edition

Ah brunch…it’s Kindra’s favorite meal, hands down. And to properly enjoy brunch, you need some smooth tunes in the background as you tuck in to…

Restaurante Nueva Victoria

Tapas along the Guadalquivir Spain is hot. (Have I mentioned this before?) Okay, not all of the time. Since the sun is the cause of…

Travel Tip #17: When to Buy Airplane Tickets

This tip is short and sweet: Buy your tickets 6-12 weeks before travel. If you buy before 12 weeks out, the airlines know you have…

Barri Gotic

Barri Gotic

Feb 22 2012

Barcelona’s Medieval City Center The Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter) is the heart of the old city of Barcelona. It is bordered in the south by…

Tyranena Brewery

Tyranena Brewery

Feb 21 2012

Technical Brewery Tour Worth the Time The Tyranena Brewing Company can be found a mile from the Lake Mills exit  along  Wisconsin’s busiest highway: the…

Braise Restaurant

Braise Restaurant

Feb 20 2012

Farm-to-Table Restaurant In Walker’s Point The locavore movement is a push to return to the way humans grew and produced their food for all of history…

Sunday Set List: Valentines Day Hangover Edition

We’re still on a love song kick here at L&A headquarters, and we hope you are too! Here’s another batch of tunes to keep you…

Links We Love: Vol 19

Links We Love: Vol 19

Feb 18 2012

Who knew the Simpsons were so well traveled? The canals in Amsterdam froze for the first time in a decade – and the city went…

Nostrum

Nostrum

Feb 17 2012

Delicious Breakfast In Barcelona What have we always said is the most important thing ? Breakfast. So often when traveling, people want to get a…

Travel Tip #16: How to Research Airfare

How to get a baseline of what your airfare will be before you book. Start looking as soon as you have decided where you are…

Ciutat Comtal/Ciudad Comdal

Barcelona’s Best Restaurant OK, you can judge for yourself, but the food, service and atmosphere (both inside and out) make this the ideal place to…

Via dell’Amore

Via dell’Amore

Feb 14 2012

Amore Means Love in Italian Cinque Terre (“five lands”) is a collection of villages along Italy’s Ligurian Coast. From north to south, they are Monterosso al…

La Colmena

La Colmena

Feb 13 2012

Pastisseria y Bomboneria en Barcelona Is chocolate-tourism a thing yet? Kindra seems to think it should be. She is a connoisseur of fine chocolate and…

Sunday Set List: Love Songs Part Deux

The mushiness continues ! Hope you like love songs, because here’s a second helping of them for just for you.

Links We Love: Vol 18

Links We Love: Vol 18

Feb 11 2012

Benchmark Maps has a very interesting Pinterest account. These scrap metal beasts remind me of Dr. Evermor. Van Gogh’s Starry Night reinterpreted by a digital…

Barcelona Beach

Barcelona Beach

Feb 10 2012

Sea and Sun in the City We here at L&A are not beach vacationers. We prefer to explore cities, towns, mountains and forests on foot…

Travel Tip #15: Which Airport?

Choose where you leave from and where to fly to carefully. You can save hundreds of dollars by doing a little research. First, where are…

Oxford Hotel

Oxford Hotel

Feb 08 2012

Denver’s First Hotel is also Denver’s Finest The Oxford Hotel as been a part of Denver almost as long as there has been a Denver…

Ferry Building

Ferry Building

Feb 07 2012

San Francisco’s Foodie Paradise Smack dab in the middle of the Embarcadero, the Ferry Building was once the gateway to San Francisco. Thousands of travelers…

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Feb 06 2012

The Iron Lady People Actually Want to Visit Just try and think of Paris without thinking of the Eiffel Tower . Couldn’t, right? You’re not…

Sunday Set List: Love Songs Edition

Hey, it’s almost Valentines Day. Here’s a list of some of our favorite love songs. Want to get in the V-day spirit even more? Check…