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" Sunday a group of us left for Puerto Rico to attend REDBOOK&amp;#039;s national sales meeting. Because we were leaving over the weekend, we had our pick of flights\u2014some staffers left from LaGuardia Airport, some from JFK, others from Newark. I, being a New Jersey girl, took off from Newark, on a 12:30 flight. Now, I&amp;#039;d eaten a hearty breakfast at home, but I knew I&amp;#039;d need another meal before we landed in Puerto Rico at around 4:30. Especially since I&amp;#039;d heard it was a 45 minute drive to the hotel. So once I got to my gate at Newark and found a few fellow REDBOOK friends, I suggested we go in search of sustenance. After all, these days you can&amp;#039;t count on getting fed on the plane. Thing is, though airport food offerings have vastly improved over the last 10 years, airports are still not fine dining meccas. Yes, I was pretty psyched to find a Todd English eatery last time I flew through Washington D.C., but that felt more like a lucky break than standard operating procedure. The other thing is, once you&amp;#039;re through security checkpoint, you are pretty much at the mercy of whatever restaurants happen to occupy your particular stretch of hallway. It&amp;#039;s a crap shoot. (And you can take that however you want.) So, off we went in search of food. Lisa and Drew went straight to Sbarros, a tried and true mall staple. Michael and I had designs on a place called Greenleafs\u2014the name alone made it sound pretty healthy. After perusing the salads, wraps, and paninis, I decided on the Balsamic Chicken and Roasted Pepper wrap\u2014it was the promise of tangy balsamic vinegar that really helped me decide. Michael got a turkey and blue cheese panini. Then we all met at a table to scarf down our meals before boarding.  Thing is, there was no balsamic in my wrap. Not even a hint of it. Not even that deep brownish purple color. Nope, it tasted more like someone had shaken a few hearty glugs of Kraft Italian dressing into my little wrap. Good news is, I like Kraft Italian (it&amp;#039;s an awesome marinade for grilled chicken). Bad news is, I was expecting balsamic. But I ate it. And Drew ate most of his Italian roll, and Lisa ate most of her spinach-and-broccoli stuffed pizza. Michael, however, thoroughly enjoyed his turkey and blue cheese panini. Guess I know what to order next time I am flying out of Newark! Hours later, BTW, the flight attendants came through the cabin with our meal. It was a microwaved beef burger\u2014and as a reminder, I haven&amp;#039;t eaten beef since I was 15 and a half. So I declined the meal, and gave a silent thank you to Greenleafs, because if the lack of the balsamic was the worst thing about my travel meal, I was definitely ahead of the game. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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