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The Vancouver Restaurant Scene As is the case with virtually all our trips, we packed as many interesting restaurants—not to speak of local wines—as possible (at least within the context of our business obligations on this trip) into a short June 2011 trip to Vancouver. How do we determine where to eat? It starts with […]
Seattle Restaurants In June 2011, we went to Tacoma and Seattle to get our “art glass fix”. But man (nor woman) does not live by art glass alone. No trip to any city is complete without visiting some of its newest, most interesting restaurants. This is particularly true in an exciting restaurant city like Seattle. […]
Cochon 555 What a great concept. A culinary competition and tasting event with 5 pigs, 5 chefs and 5 wineries. But these weren’t any pigs, chefs or wineries. The chefs were from some of the Bay Area’s best restaurants: Michael Mina, Prospect, SPQR, Fifth Floor and Bar Agricole: The pigs were five different breeds of […]
We know of no wine grapes grown in this Oakland California suburb. That does not mean there are no wineries. And where there are wineries, there are parties. Rosenblum Cellars We recently attended one of the two June 2011 bashes in Alameda California. Rosenblum Cellars’ June 4 “Summer of Love Open House Barbeque” was a […]
A 24-hour Cultural, Culinary and Bar Tour through Central Florida It is ironic that our first post in our new blog is about a trip that is so brief and so unrepresentative of our travels. Tom had to be in Orlando Florida for business. Since he had already done all of the theme parks and […]
We love food. We love wine. But while we certainly enjoy the aromas, tastes, and textures of both, we get even more enjoyment from the experiences surrounding food and wine. Sure, we love to find and be among the first to try hot new restaurants wherever we travel. And we certainly enjoy the occasional splurge […]