I work to bridge the gap between my love of God, search of spiritual meaning, religious observance and how that all translates to my passions for the physical creations
Coffee, wine, beer, art, music, travel, books etc
When rav shamshon refael Hirsch was asked why he visited the Alps his reply was "what will I answer God after 120 years when he asks why I didn't visit his beautiful Alps".
Or something along that line.
When rav kook was stuck in Europe during world war 1, he visited the British museum and stated that Rembrandt painted b"tzelem elokim and possessed the light that God reserved at creation for tzadikim...
It's true I very much enjoyed the scantly clad women of St Thomas usvi, but I also visited the Jewish cemetery and said some tehillim and try at least to make my time on this rock meaningful and enjoyable too...
But this is just stupid.. what's the obsession with meat anyways? I hope you have a good cardiologist