"I want to give guests a taste of local life.
The idea name will carry a taste of local flavor, without getting too cute.
He got a taste of local life when a new pal treated him to a birthday meal in a restaurant where the speciality dish was donkey.
For a taste of local history, visit the Hannibal Square Heritage Center (642 West New England Avenue; 407-539-2680; hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org), where a collection of photographs and oral histories document the area's beginnings as a Reconstruction-era community for freed slaves.
There are bed-and-breakfast inns in the area (Amador County has an association at www.amadorbedand breakfast.com), but for a taste of local flavor, stay in the gold-rush-era city hotels.
To get a taste of local life, I stumble upon the wonderfully retro Bar Siciliano, where fishermen gather round the pool table, play cards and drink numerous glasses of the Spritz Campari aperitifs.
Getting a taste of local life in Venice can be tricky, but it can be done by travelling out of season in winter, when an eerie mist hangs over Italy's water-laced city and the 260,000 residents reclaim their home; and by staying in an apartment rather than a hotel.
WHERE TO EAT Hotel dining can be a good option: check out Nirvana, an Indian restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton (dinner about 15 dinar), or Al Fanar, for a taste of local cuisine on the 14th floor of the Diplomat Radisson SAS (Diplomatic Area; 973-1753-1666, www.manama.radissonsas.com; dinner 18 or 22 dinars depending on the night).
However, the best place for a taste of local life is Kalamaja, a district just northwest of the Old Town.
In order to do this the team, which consists of former Myspacers Mike Macadaan, Danielle Lehman and others, has pulled in the domain expertise of local bloggers like LA Weekly assistant music editor Rebecca Haithcoat and Bay Area foodie Darya Pino of Summer Tomato in order to create theme-based tours like where to see amazing live music in LA or grab a taste of local SF food.
