So yesterday my wonderful mother-and-father-in-law (yes, they defy such in-law stereotypes by being wonderful, no I'm not being ironic, and yes, they do come as a poly-hyphenate) returned from a 4 week bit of TRAVEL to Argentina and the bottom of the known world.  They returned to the Northen Hemisphere raving about such things as the landscape of Patagonia, the architecture and design of Buenos Aires, the quality of the food outside of America, and the warmth of Southern (and I mean SOUTHERN) culture).

I spent some time perusing the photos which they kindly posted online for all the world to see.  There was Iguazu falls, roaring mightily.  There were the wide boulevards on BA.  There were the seemingly alpine lakes of Barriloche.  And there were the ice-fields of Tierra Del Fuego.  My tears got all misty thinking of their journey and how, well, I didn't get to go on it.

 Take a moment and consider that there are VACATIONS, and there is TRAVEL.  A VACATION is supposed to be a fun, relaxing getaway trip full of room service, drinks out of which stick funny little umbrellas, and slinky bikinis.  TRAVEL, on the otherhand, is not a get-AWAY, but rather a get-TO: the purpose is to go to a place and see what it's all about.  When you TRAVEL, you see the good AND the bad of a place.  On a VACATION, you just see the bar (or the spa, or the casino, or whatever's around that's pretty).

I'm a consumate traveller- seeing the world is basically what I want to do with my life.  And travelling is one of the crucial reasons that Peeled Snacks exists.  Our founder and spiritual leader (jk) came up with the idea in an airport when she couldn't find anything that she wanted to eat.  Therefore there's a strong link in my mind every day between what we do here at Peeled Snacks and what I want to do with my life...

Luckily Peeled Snacks are popping up in more and more airports all over the country.  The more the merrier, I say, because there's nothing worse that groggy, crabby travellers.  Peeled Snacks is one way to arrive, you know, snappy and happy.  But I'm just schilling here.  I've got REAL stuff that I should be writing...