The Galveston Dolphin Tour

For me there are some things that just never get old.  Taking a boat to look for dolphins is one of those things.  And dolphins there were.  We found a whole pod of them following a shrimping boat around stealing fish from the nets.  The Shrimpers don’t like this, just as they don’t like pelicans eating the scraps at the dock.  But a shrimp boat tosses out a lot of stuff that isn’t shrimp, and there is always a cloud of birds around the back end of a shrimp boat. Like everyone else, I was a bit worried that BP…

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Puffin -It’s Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

This is the single worst thing I have ever put in my mouth-Anthony Bourdain on fermented shark eaten in Iceland. Anthony Bourdain is my favorite celebrity chef. For one thing, he doesn’t have to bother with actually cooking stuff anymore. And his tv shows are not about cooking, they are about traveling the world and eating great food, not so great food, and just plain weird food. I was watching a re-run of the Iceland show on the Travel Channel and here was our hero eating Puffin, fermented shark, and head cheese. Worst meal ever-coming from Tony that has to…

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