Move over fancy cupcakes and designer doughnuts – pies are making a comeback. A new generation of young bakers are shaking things up with fun shops and innovative flavours that will satisfy the most modern palate, and classic pie shops continue to deliver the quality that has kept them in business for decades. No matter what kind of pie you're craving, here's where to find the perfect slice.
I first spotted the curious restaurant while walking with my mom along the waterfront just north of Nice, France. Perched on a tiny rock pillar out in the sea, it was impossible to miss. But it was not a day for lingering, so we walked on, climbed up onto Mont Boron and then back down to the neighboring town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, striding past hillside homes and kitchen gardens, where chickens lounge away their days under the shade of olive and citrus trees.
I'd been in Madrid for a week, and I hadn't yet fallen in love. With the city, I mean. I was there with my husband—and I fell in love with him more than 10 years ago. But this city, it just didn't want to let us in…
After a long, soggy Vancouver winter that drizzled its way right into spring, there's nothing to perk up Vancouverites' spirits like a sunny afternoon on a rooftop patio. A glimpse of the city's killer views from any one of these perched hotspots makes all those rainy days seem like a distant memory. Grab a seat for your dose of vitamin D.
Canada Day seems an appropriate time to share that the new Fodor’s Travel Vancouver & Victoria guidebook is out! I had a delicious time working on the Where to Eat section for Vancouver.
In Houston, that's certainly true of the hats, the boots and the servings of barbecue. But the saying also applies to an unexpected public art program that's taking over the streets of downtown. Recently, 100 international artists transformed 20,000 square feet of wall space into city-sanctioned street art for the second annual Houston Urban Experience (HUE) Mural Festival. Add that to the 25 walls painted for the inaugural festival last year, and it's clear that there's a Texas-sized appetite for street art in H-Town…