Most days, if you ask me, my home is Manhattan. I’m from LA, but my home is here.

But there are times when I miss, deeply miss, where I come from. And then I get a note from a friend looking forward to my return, or my mom starts planning an extensive itinerary of leisure activities, or I read an article like the one below…

And I think — I’ll be home in a week.

(Here is Cindy Price’s NY Times travel piece up along the coastline and its taquerias. Read it and eat.)