Sometimes it's nice to skip the trip and stay home. With that in mind, here are four food, wine, and beer experiences from Spain, France and South Korea that are just a subway ride away.
The Quincena Musical Festival was torrid as advertised. So were the topless beaches, to which my wife and I can testify. And there was a music critic who performed at a concert by a countertenor in a convent.
As she looked at Laurian ten years later in a North Side bar, she realized that the only thing they shared anymore was the kind of wine they were drinking.