Vacation Philosophy.

I was pondering this as I was looking on Zagat.com for restaurants in Dallas and Austin for my trip to Clarinet Fest and to visit my Uncle. There is only such a short time you have when visiting anywhere on vacation that you have to enjoy yourself. Sure, there is sightseeing and everything, but most importantly there's the food that you can only get in the place you are visiting. Depending on where it is, there can be a huge amount of specialty foods; or just certain cooking styles done right because the methods were originated in that place.

In addition to finding restaurants, I found a great deal of stops to eat at that look good (because as I said before, I have an eye for that) such as the Round Rock Doughnut Company (which I promise to blog about when I eat there). There are a lot of places in those areas in Texas where I plan on eating. I was also having this conversation with my Grandfather about my eating habits in Italy and that is where I finalize my philosophy.

Now what you've all been waiting for, here is my brilliant theory:

"When you're on vacation to someplace that is quite far from where you live, you know that you won't be back there for a while after you leave, so why watch calories? When you take a vacation, you need to have fun and eat as much as you can since you won't get what you're eating again for a long time, if not ever again. So EAT, EAT, EAT, as much as you can or like, but don't make yourself sick doing it and expand you're palate."

I think I should write a book, though this is the philosophy I've been following to get as much good, unfamiliar flavor as possible. I love food and I won't stop eating when I go down to Texas or anywhere else for that matter. I plan on eating as much as I can, particularly BBQ. Tomorrow, I'll post about my crazy eating plans for when I go down to Texas, and when I carry them out, I'll be sure to post about it.

As for now, enjoy your time off and eat as much as you can when you won't be able to get that food again, it's a good philosophy to follow.