Here’s to the extended tribe and baked ziti on Long Island

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Our trip becomes a geography lesson | Photo by Lauren Girardin On the day of our departure from the U.S., for the international leg of our round-the-world trip, I spent part of the day watching my friend Sheri sort through…

In Brooklyn, Big Dawg is king

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Waiting for Food in Red Hook | Drawing by Todd Berman As a gravelly, authoritative disembodied voice boomed out over the loudspeakers, the hundreds of Brooklynites swimming at Red Hook public pool fell silent. “Big Dawg sez yous got two…

Brooklyn, New York travel tips

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Where we ate and drank: Louis’ Ices – If someone asks “Can we stop for Italian ices?” the answer is always, “yes”: YEH