Over the past few months, I have succumbed to the wiles of Ingrid, over at the Travel Channel, with a willingness to post weekly updates on Bourdain’s No Reservations travel food and drink escapades across the globe.
While I have been tapas-crawling my way across Spain, I have to admit that sometimes I have been imagining myself as a shorter, hairier, less good looking, much less rich version of Anthony Bourdain.
After numerous glasses of the local alcoholic beverage and a willingness to try food items definitely not on the menu back home, I attempt to wax poetic about my sense of place, and wonder what happened to my film crew.
So, I was somewhat crestfallen when I got an email that Ingrid has left me—and before we were ever really together—and someone named Wendy sends me the latest Bourdain offering. Crestfallen not only because I already miss my pretend virtually affair with Ingrid, but because the latest Bourdain creation is just that…a comic creation, as in not real.
Somehow Bourdain, or the Travel Channel Brain Trust got the brilliant idea that a cartoon of outlandish proportion would be entertaining to those of us who enjoy watching Tony travel the world to exotic places.
Now, the email appears to be legitimate, and I am pretty sure it is too early for an April Fools joke, but unless this is something specially presented just for Halloween this weekend, well, I am not sure what in the hell they were thinking.
Hopefully, Bourdain will find his way back on the road again soon. Otherwise, I wonder what Andrew Zimmerman is eating nowadays.
(Hmmm. Looking at the picture, apparently the same thing I am eating over in Segovia, Spain, just outside of Madrid.)
Hey – if you were going to be imagining yourself as Bourdain, you should have just gone all the way and not limit yourself to being shorter, hairier, or less good looking!
I’m still here – I promise. However, you will be receiving the weekly update from Wendy from now on. You can imagine her to be a taller, more good looking version of myself, so you are in great hands.
The web series should actually be really interesting as Bourdain wrote it himself – he should have a post on the blog about it later today.
PS – I’ve been enjoying your posts about Spain.
Sighhhhhhh, a message from Ingrid.
Gee, thanks for acknowledging my lack of movie star good looks – I was hoping for more of a, “No, Frank, you’re BETTER looking than Tony!” even if crossing your fingers out of sight of your webcam.
And if you don’t mind, I will judge how good Wendy’s hands are for myself.
(More on Spain on the way…thanks for the props.)
hahah – that made me LOL. Good point, I should absolutely have said that! I’m so rude.
Oh my gosh that pic of the cooked pig is unreal… I would faint if I was served up that!
Thanks.
Erin,
I don’t know if the charm of the locale overrides my sense of the appearance, but sitting with locals in an enchanting restaurant on the narrow scenic streets of Segovia (Spain) makes it seem satisfyingly acceptable.
Maybe it’s the melt-in-your-mouth sweet sensation of über-tender pork.
Or maybe it’s the liter of wonderful house red wine.
(When in Segovia, do as the Segovians do…?)