OT: A little Polynesian X-mas present.

[HoneyBadger]

Aloha!

It's cold and icy in Utah, so the best thing for me-aside from a cup of hot cocoa-is to daydream about Tahiti. Infact, going to Tahiti has been a dream in my family for three generations, now. I thought I'd share that dream with everyone else who isn't quite as close as they want to be, to that legendary palm tree from the Corona commerical (Yes, I choose to believe it's somewhere in Tahiti, waiting for me faithfully, whatever reality has to say about it).

While it has very little to do with Dom3 on the surface, it is something you can watch/listen to, in between turns, and it's also an exploration of foreign cultures, and...FOODPORN!.

If you don't know what foodporn is, you're missing a major facet of the human experience.

Plus it's my favorite show, so here you go, Parts 1-5 of No Reservations: French Polynesia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ksFjEW1V8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbZ2K...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_TiF...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVv9K...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaRq...eature=related

If nothing else, consider it a suggestion for a Maori/Islander Nation.

If you like this show, and I hope you will, most of the episodes can be found on YouTube. If you can't find one, let me know, I'll try to track it down for you. As "lightweight" as cooking and travel shows tend to be, and as irreverent as this one sometimes is, I find it surprisingly deep, honest (in it's flawed way), at times almost oddly spiritual.

Happy Holidays!