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Around The World In Dining: Cuban Delights at Atlantic City’s Cuba Libre

posted by: | August 2, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants | #42. 5 Different Ethnic Dinners

Last night, we tried out our second-to-last new ethnic food! You may recall, this year, we’ve eaten Korean food, Ethiopian food, and Spanish food (the latter of which we get to try out again this month for a Groupon!), but … Continue reading →

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Groupon For The Win: A Miraculous Meal At Tamarind

posted by: | July 22, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants | #93. Use 10 Groupons or Living Socials

Today’s Achievement begs the question: is it cheating to return to a totally incredible Indian restaurant we’ve already visited once this year? Well, if the first visit was part of our Oakland restaurant Achievement, and we somehow forgot to use … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Burma-Tokyo

posted by: | June 7, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

Yesterday was a crappy day. It was beautiful outside, and not really all that muggy, but it was full of crappy appointments, and crappy news, and crappy phone calls, and then when I went to the mall to try to … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Tamarind

posted by: | May 20, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

There’s a wise old saying out there that goes, “When life gives you terrible traffic conditions, go out and get Indian food.” Wait. That’s not it? It’s actually something about lemonade? Whatever, I know there’s no lemonade in Indian food. … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Carb-Loading At Joe Mama’s

posted by: | May 15, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

Tonight, to prepare for our big race tomorrow, we decided to do some carb loading, and because we love multi-tasking, we decided to get our carbs from a pasta spot in Oakland, to help us on our Oakland restaurant Achievement. … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Spice Island

posted by: | May 11, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

This afternoon, we decided to head into Oakland to do some training for the half-marathon coming up this weekend, and also to get some lunch as a bonus. We put on our running shoes and walked the three miles from … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Mad Mex, A Collegiate Classic

posted by: | May 6, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

Remember the other day when I was going on and on about how things always go wrong? Add last night to the list. We were all set to do the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs of Air Hockey, … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Union Grill

posted by: | April 22, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

Because we were feeling like rockstars (hungry rockstars), we decided to knock off two of our Oakland restaurants in the same week. This time, we planned ahead much better and went to the Union Grill during the early afternoon, when … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Star Of India

posted by: | April 17, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

It’s no surprise to readers of this blog that we occasionally (or more than occasionally) have bad timing and fail to plan out events before attempting to partake in them. That said, we decided well in advance that we would … Continue reading →

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Oakland Restaurant Challenge: Fuel & Fuddle

posted by: | January 24, 2011
Achievement: #4. Eat at 15 Oakland Restaurants

Back in 2009, when we lived in Bloomfield, we challenged ourselves to eat at every restaurant on Liberty Avenue. Last year, since we’d moved to Squirrel Hill, we conquered every restaurant on Murray Ave. And this year, since we aren’t … Continue reading →

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