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  1. “If we shut ourselves out to those who are as drastically different in views as oneself, we miss the tension that’s needed to live a full and vigorous life.”
    What an interesting Bio. Genuinely speaking, you are someone to look up to.
    Much respect 🙂

    PS: I would have loved to dine at Elettaria. The food looks very refined and the decoration is just classy. Too bad the New Yorkers let you guys close.

    Cheers,
    Hiba

    • Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say! And thank you for the nice words about Elettaria. It’s been over 5 years and I still miss it daily…

  2. Now i know why you are good in blogging considering your experiences.
    Hey, don’t worry about midlife crisis i think mostly everybody will experience it … somehow!
    I hope you are fine now or getting better! Cheers!

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    • Hi! When I went the food scene was a mess. It’s been many years and it’s changed! I hear some interesting places are: Alavita, Ansots, Epi’s, Kin, and Richard’s. There is a huge historic Basque community but FINALLY they have decided to modernise the offerings, so there are some surprising stuff that I did not see when I was there! I am myself planning a trip there soon!

      • If you see my reviews some are quite horrific…I was being generous because I didn’t want to bring down a situation. I want the basque scene to grow in Boise and it seems it’s happened! That is what I want to check out!

      • Honestly when I visited the “basque” food was tired and they did not even try. It is so heartening that they finally got the message! It’s a solid community, maybe a few gens removed from Euskal Herria, but has so much potential!

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