• 03Mar

    Travel and Coffee can be a Dangerous Combination!

    We attended the DC Travel & Adventure Show this year. The show (as always) had great speakers, and we watched both (Travel Channel celebrities) Samantha Brown and Todd Carmichael present.

    Samantha has been on the Travel Channel for quite a number of years as the host of various self-titled shows, while Todd is in his second season of hosting Dangerous Grounds. Both of their presentations included wonderful storytelling and video clips from their shows.

    Todd’s La Colombe cafes are located in New York City , Philadelphia, Chicago, Seoul, and as of a  few weeks ago, Washington, DC. We headed to his cafe after his presentation to try some of the coffee that he potentially risked his life to obtain. La Colombe’s DC location is located in an alley across the street from the Convention Center. Yes, we talking about the same alley as Rogue 24, Blagden Alley. La Colombe is a small (long and narrow partially unfinished) cafe, and is generally very crowded with coffee connoisseurs. I tried the single origin Kochere from Ethiopia which was delicious, had a natural sweetness, and opened up as it cooled. “S” enjoyed her cappuccino.

    Keep an eye out for a second local La Colombe, since Todd said he is planning his next DC location.

    -JAY

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  • 20Jan

    DC Travel & Adventure Show Ticket Giveaway!

    Travel ShowDCFüd is giving away 5 pairs (one pair more than last year) of tickets for one day (you can select Saturday or Sunday) at the Travel & Adventure Show (details below). So, who wants to win a pair of tickets to the event? All you have to do is email contest@dcfud.com with the subject “Travel Show Entry” and include your first and last name in the body of the email before 5:00 pm (EST) on Sunday 2/16.  Only one entry per person (regardless of how many email addresses you have). You will need to show ID to the venue to pick the ticket up. When the winners are chosen, I’ll email them, hopefully sometime that evening.  Good luck!

    This year’s speakers include:  “…Rick Steves, writer and host of Rick Steves’ Europe; Pauline Frommer, editorial director of the Frommer guides, publisher of Frommers.com and radio host; Samantha Brown, who has hosted several popular Travel Channel programs, including the upcoming “The Trip: 2014;” and Andrew McCarthy, award-winning travel writer and actor and Editor-at-Large, National Geographic Traveler. Two additional Travel Channel stars will make their Washington, DC show debuts this year – “Dangerous Grounds” host Todd Carmichael, Coffee Entrepreneur and Adventurer on Saturday, and history explorer and museum enthusiast Don Wildman from “Mysteries at the Museum” on Sunday.”

    You can buy tickets for $10 Online with Promo Code:  DCPR.

    Don’t forget to visit he “Taste of Travel” stage!

    Previous DCFüd coverage of the show includes:

    -JAY

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  • 14Mar

    Samantha Brown Gives “I Love NY” T-shirts and PB&J as Gifts Abroad!

    Got PB&J?

    I had the pleasure of running into and later interviewing Travel Channel Host Samantha Brown at the Travel & Adventure Show.  She was smart, personable, passionate about food, and quite funny.  We were only given a few minutes to have this conversation.

    I also caught a bit of her presentation, where I learned that Samantha travels with “I love NY” t-shirts and peanut butter.  She gives the shirts as gifts to those who go above and beyond to help her while she is traveling, and makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for local crews who work with her as an example of American comfort food we grow up on.  She gave China as an example, saying that the Chinese camera crew hated the sandwiches at first, and then started enjoying them.

    JAY:  What are your guilty food pleasures?

    SB:  Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and spaghetti Bolognese.  They are my comfort foods, and you can find them in hotels around the world.

    JAY: What foods do you hate?

    SB:  Foie gras, duck tongue, and guinea pig.  I actually love the cricket tacos at Oyamel.

    JAY: What do you cook at home?

    SB:  Indian food.  I love to cook chicken thighs, since they are cheap and flavorful.  I make a really good warm lentil salad with fried eggs and Sriracha.

    -JAY

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