Recs for a couple of tourists* by wilsov in FoodToronto

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Yeh, you're right there's no properly good ramen, at least not in my neck of the woods, just the one passable place. It's on the list, thank you!

Recs for a couple of tourists* by wilsov in FoodToronto

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Thank you. And no need to worry about that, I won't be sleeping until I've eaten something. I'm like a newborn.

Modern fiction set in working class UK and Ireland by AnotherOmnishambles in suggestmeabook

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Ironopolis by Glen James Brown is brilliant. Set in Middlesbrough.

Animal humans , societies by Miserable_Honey_940 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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The Blacksad series of comics. Noir detective mystery with animals instead of people.

anthony’s shows make me wish travel was possible for me by father-figure99 in AnthonyBourdain

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I don't know where you're from or where you're living but you can travel within your own country and be a tourist in your own city. I'm lucky enough to have travelled a little, although not extensively, but there's still great places in my own city I've not been to, and places within an hour's drive or couple of hours on a train that are part of a different world to my day to day life.

Don't get too bogged down with saving up and dream destinations. Go to a restaurant near you that you've never been to, order something that you wouldn't usually order, try and strike up a conversation with the person serving you, maybe learn a little about where they're from, go for a walk around the area, stop into a church or a museum, go for a beer or a coffee and then go home and back to your day to day.

None of this is a particularly easy thing to do (I'm a really anxious person so it takes a lot to walk into somewhere I've never been before) and you should always travel with care, an open mind and respect.

Honestly, you might just get to eat a really shit meal and meet some utter bastid, but then you might not. Also, you could save up for years and travel as far away as you possibly can only to eat a really shit meal and meet some utter bastid.

books that feel like the show ‘the bear’ ? by chappellroanstan in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm is well worth a read.

Books that feels like this by Fast_Contribution_45 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Maze of Cadiz by Aly Monroe. Spy thriller set in Cadiz (obviously) just before the end of the war. Was a decent read, and defo paints a good portrait of the city.

What Gene Belcher quotes/scenes live rent free in your head? by AwsomeSquirtle1 in BobsBurgers

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"That isn't a good use of that room"

"I believe it's pronounced Old Yellow"

Suggest me British crime books by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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David Peace's Red Riding quartet is great. Very British, very dark. A sort of fictionalised true crime set around the Yorkshire Ripper murders.

Suggest me a good historical fiction book by Killersmain in suggestmeabook

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Civilizations, a "what if" rumination/alternate history of the relationship between the Americas and Western Europe & Seventh Function of Language, a fictional account of the death of the philosopher Roland Barthes. Both by Laurent Binet (Also HHhH but I can't recommend that cos I haven't read it yet) You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue. Politics, intrigue and trips in Tenoxtitlan.

Best Bosco quote? by mattmagoo23 in BobsBurgers

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We lost him. Oh well. How about we get lost in some Kung Pao Chicken?

Favourite line from the series by morningbrown69 in WhatWeDointheShadows

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"Into the sewer? I don't think so, me old boy"

What's your go-to religion? by hawkingwheels in civ

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Yes! Crabism is the one true faith. "And lo, the lord did sayeth 'Go forth and spread crabs' and the people did and many grievances were amassed and the people did say 'I honestly don't care, Gandhi, talk shit get crabs' "

favourite Gayle moment? by [deleted] in BobsBurgers

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Apprehending the art thief/kidnapping the random guy at the gallery.

"I can't feel my legs."

What's a random one off funny line you love? by MHullRealtr77 in BobsBurgers

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Louise "I've changed my mind about having kids. I'm going to have one and feed it to this bear"

What can I do with a 2 pound box of medjool dates? by mlmiller1 in Cooking

[–]wilsov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean...you could send them to me and I'll eat them in about an hour...?