Just a Party... Late year stressors were getting to us when the web gal spotted a bargain, week long cruise on Carnival's Firenze ship that went from LA's Long Beach port to Baja, Mexico and back. We couldn't get our cards out fast enough. David & Jack McCaughetry Carnival cruise line is known [...]
SOBE 2026 is SOBE 25... Andy Erickson One of the best food and wine events is just around the corner, SOBE 2026, which is its extra special 25th anniversary as well. After attending several times, have found the events just keep getting better every year. No doubt two of the best events will [...]
SOBE Wine Spectator Fine Food &Wine Events… The web gal tags along with me to some events. Often the web gal’s photos of events never get used or seen. So thought it’d be fun to do a post in showcasing some of the great pics she took at the SOBE Fest 2025 and [...]
Better Than Ever... No doubt Covid really threw a nasty monkey wrench into food and wine festivals throughout the world. None more so than the Pebble Beach Food and Wine extravaganza. Attracting top wine and food talent from all over the United States, it was such a drag when it shut down from 2020-2023. But [...]
SOBE 2026 will be Awesome... Always impressed when an event improves instead of sitting on their laurels and backsliding. Been a few years since I got to attend SOBE, so when they generously threw in an extra press pass, was excited to bring the web gal with me, as I often told her that SOBE [...]
Pours at Prestige Events... Quid Pro Quo - Hannibal Lecter to FBI agent Clarice Starling.. After attending innumerable tasting events, where sometimes you take the required sip and lunge for the spit bucket, to the sublime pours, where you wish the guy or gal behind the table would pour a little more, one wonders, what [...]
What Could Be Better... Rod Last fall Rod Stewart said he was winding up his residency at Caesar's in Vegas. So I told the web gal to book his last show as I thought it'd be fun to attend his final gig. But wouldn't you know while reading online on the day of the concert [...]
Mais Oui .... I've always loved French cooking and dining. I mean, what's not to love? All those great sauces, meats, vegetables, classic recipes and meals, makes me salivate just thinking about it. About the only thing I haven't been able to get my palette around is French charcuterie: those almost raw meats, foie gras, [...]
Check Out Biale... Andrew & David Zin! Zin! Zin! When I first started getting into wine tastings and events, I loved those big, bold, high alcohol, tannic wines (still do). So when I was at my first San Diego Wine Festival (many moons ago, don't remind me, ha ha) was there like a shot when [...]
At the SOBEWFF… One of the best food and wine festivals is just around the corner, the 22nd annual SOBEWFF hits the South Beach shores, restaurants and venues Feb 22-25. And the best event representing Napa is Peter Mondavi Jr's tasting event on Sat Feb 24 at 4 pm at the Eden Roc in Miami [...]
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