Duran Duran ... Remember when you were a teen in those glorious summer days where there was no school and like a cherry on the sundae, there were fantastic rock concerts and music festivals? While concert ticket prices have painfully gone through the roof, there is one benefit to being an old time, concert goer [...]
Ready! I’ve always loved reading memoirs. But as I’ve gotten older, my taste has gotten better. Have no time now for those ghost-written, celebrity rock, movie, TV or chef stars who flamed out all because it was somebody else’s fault that they did all those horrible movies, series, albums, restaurants, got married and divorced 5 [...]
A Welcome Return ... I always blocked off time in mid-March to attend the Taste Washington event in Seattle. Why? More like why not? Fantastic Washington wines on offer in abundance, some good eats that paired great with the wines and a bunch of dinners and events besides the Grand Tasting that were a lot [...]
A Refresh & Ready... Ruben Moreno It’s always nice to get an invitation to a tasting at a winery. Doubly so when you get one from a prestigious winery like Heitz Wine Cellars. I had heard on the grapevine that their tasting rooms and lounges had undergone a major renovation, so the invite was [...]
What a View .... David & Robert Any seasoned restaurant goer has no doubt heard or read the cliché the better the view, the worse the food. While no doubt there’s a reason why this cliché exists, it’s been my experience that it is largely a thing of the past. Let’s face it, even if [...]
Beverly Hills North... Another birthday rolled around too soon, which kinda sucked. But whom am I kidding? I love life, so it was great to just be alive and healthy as the alternative sucks way worse. Wanted to blow it out last August at Seattle’s Canlis as it’s THE place to blow it out in the northwest. [...]
Hits All of the Dining and Festive Notes... David & Gino Guerrero It’s always a little disappointing to be told there’s no room at the inn in the summertime. Doubly so when you tour the grounds of the place and find it a fantastic place to stay. But the Vinters Resort’s former marketing director, Tyffani [...]
Start Spreading the News.... Every year I get itchy feet, wanderlust syndrome. So when I got an invite to go to the Food Network New York City Food and Wine Festival, I couldn’t refuse. After picking up my press credentials at the Conrad Hotel, I walked down to Park Ave to dine at Anthony Bourdain’s [...]
An Offer You Can’t Refuse… Tess Housholder Francis Ford Coppola made three of the greatest movies ever in the 1970’s with The Godfather, Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now. That’s not opinion. That’s fact. Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet said, no matter how many times I’ve seen them, if I’m flipping around and come across the [...]
Rare duck is a rarity, but yum... Adam & David A couple of years ago at the South Beach Food & Wine fest I got to ask celeb chef Jet Tila why Asians cook the hell out of duck. What, you don’t love crispy duck skin? he drolly asked. Actually I do, I replied, I [...]
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