This Travel Hack Is the Best Way to Breeze Through Customs

• [The Best Way to Sidestep Airport Customs Hell](#toc_item_0) • [So many countries, so many customs](#toc_item_1) • [No Need for Elevation: This Filipino Chicken Adobo Is Perfect as Is](#toc_item_2) • [Taste the tradition](#toc_item_3) • [Santa Brought Us a Beer Advent Calendar (and No, It’s Not Too Early)](#toc_item_4) • [🎅🍻](#toc_item_5) • [An Exceptional, Trippy, Architecturally Beautiful Real Estate Listing](#toc_item_6) • [Frodo-mode](#toc_item_7) • [Sign Up for Salt to Taste](#toc_item_8) • [Your Inbox, Now with More Flavor](#toc_item_9) *Header 728x90 [] My plant medicine has been conscientiously stirred into my coffee, I’ve done my deep breathing guided meditation, I’ve acknowledged the note-to-self I tipsily left on the counter last night that simply reads, “It’s time to clean :),” and I’m ready to take on the day. The vibes are on-point, like at the beginning of Titanic, before they hit the iceberg, when it’s just people and the ocean and inter-class romance between two of Hollywood’s most beautiful young stars. Hopefully, today doesn’t involve any kind of iceberg, but you can rest assured that I will be more flexible than the deck crew on the Titanic should an “iceberg” arise, and reroute the ship if we find ourselves in perilous seas. Don’t ask me why I’m fixating on the Titanic as a metaphor for my day; it’s kind of one of the most important 20th century metaphors though, in large part because of that movie. I don’t know what to tell you! Enough of that, for the love of all things good. Here are today’s top stories: the best way to breeze through customs, a recipe for chicken adobo, a beer advent calendar for all my little ale aficionados, a “curved space” home for sale in upstate New York, and last but not least, the joys of Korean spa food. If you’ll excuse me, I have to go make my way to the Promenade Deck to stare at the ocean and dream about what will happen once “The Ship of Dreams” reaches New York. I mean, wait, sorry. I have to go make a piece of toast. Have a great weekend! [-Ned Riseley, Senior Copywriter]( [ [( travel [] [The Best Way to Sidestep Airport Customs Hell]( Customs can be a breeze, or it can be a 700-person line in a dimly lit room that feels like a dystopian office complex at the end of a 14-hour flight that you couldn’t sleep on because the person sitting next to you was singing along with every song in Moana, in German. Well, did you know that if you get the Customs Border Protection Mobile Passport (a.k.a. CBP MPC App), you could fill out all your declarations digitally and float through a very short line at a bunch of different airports? A lot of people don’t know about this app, so mum’s the word (he said, writing to a giant newsletter subscription base)! [] [So many countries, so many customs]( [( [( Food & drink [] [No Need for Elevation: This Filipino Chicken Adobo Is Perfect as Is]( Chef Rey Eugenio, the owner of Heritage Kitchen in Baltimore, has made chicken adobo a mainstay at his restaurant, largely due to customer demand. It’s quite simply delicious, and hearkens back to the recipe his mother used when he was growing up. Instead of approaching the recipe with some incentive to “update” or “modernize” or “elevate,” Eugenio has taken the refreshing approach of just seeking to preserve the delicious and time-honored recipe that he inherited. Grab your chicken, grab your garlic, and get ready to make some of the most delicious chicken adobo you’ve ever tasted. [] [Taste the tradition]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( food & drink [] [Santa Brought Us a Beer Advent Calendar (and No, It’s Not Too Early)]( For beer-lovers who regularly crack open a cold one at the end of a long, American day, every day can feel like an advent calendar of beer. But what if you actually treated yourself to a formal, genuine beer advent calendar, with a new beer for every day of December? Nothing gets me more excited to celebrate the holidays than trying a new, totally different IPA each day. It’s what Santa would want! Buy this for the beer-lover in your life, or yourself! ‘Tis (almost) the season! [] [🎅🍻]( [//groupninemedia.createsend.com/campaigns/content/edit/DE0CA41E849921082540EF23F30FEDED?origin=CampaignCreationChecklist#]( *720x300 Ad Banner [( travel [] [An Exceptional, Trippy, Architecturally Beautiful Real Estate Listing]( We browsed Zillow’s weirdest and coolest listings to find this amazing house nicknamed “The Curved Space” in Woodstock, New York. It looks like a house designed by J.R.R. Tolkien—it’s retro meets futuristic meets fairytale meets science-fiction, with gorgeous views of the surrounding forest and a rustic, natural aesthetic that makes me want to go full cottagecore, and leave behind this dirty, tawdry city life. [] [Frodo-mode]( [( [ [] [Sign Up for Salt to Taste]( [] [Food and drink]( food & drink food & drink [Your Inbox, Now with More Flavor]( [Korean Spa Food Is as Relaxing as the Spa Itself]( *Footer 728x90 Thrillist Editorial - Favorable reviews cannot be bought. Read our [Terms & Conditions](, [Privacy Policy]( Delivered by Thrillist.com, 568 Broadway, Suite 507, New York, NY 10012 [212.966.2263]( Sent to {EMAIL}. Add themove@newsletter.thrillist.com to your safe-sender list so our emails get to your inbox. [View On The Web]( [Content Settings]( [Unsubscribe](