This will be one of those "a picture is [hopefully] worth a thousand words" posts. Although unfortunately, you end up getting nearly a thousand words as well. My little digital camera must have been near capacity when we got home last week from five days in Washington D.C. I can't [...]
I rarely muster much enthusiasm for restaurant promotions. You know, restaurant-fests the likes of Dine Around Seattle (formerly "25 for $25"), Boston's Restaurant Week, Dine Out Vancouver. I certainly covered Seattle's restaurant promotions a lot while food editor at Seattle Magazine. I'm sure they've got legs as a means for restaurants to fill [...]
“You gonna to eat your tots?" --Napoleon Dynamite I tried making it through the movie Napoleon Dynamite a couple of times. I just never quite got it, the humor and the appeal of this indie flick. But in missing the point of ND, I clearly also missed something of a [...]
I know, I know. That doesn't sound at all earth-shattering. But around here it's rather novel. I've got one of those busy-body brains that doesn't do too well in pure quiet. There's most always something playing in the background to keep me humming along through the day. This morning began [...]
Ok, I'm just going to come out and say this. I know that as a professional food writer, I'm supposedly above such cursed impulses and wanton indulgences. But I really like pizza. Of all kinds. Preferably delicious, wood-oven, Naples-esque pizzas (see my recounting of pizza in Naples here). But when [...]
A few things are starting to surface this week that I've worked on in recent months. It's a funny thing about freelance writing. With the varied lag times between submission and publications, there can be a momentary surprise when something does show up in print. First, I have a brief piece [...]
For the general population, it was the ninth annual OTBN, but here at my house it was just the second year we'd joined in the fun. OTBN is a sort of unofficial wine holiday, brilliantly dreamed up by the wine writers from the Wall Street Journal who grew tired of [...]
Sundays are kind of a mixed bag around here. Some weeks it's all Up to read the paper!! Do the puzzle with Will Shortz on NPR!! Go to the YMCA when it opens at 10:00!! Get a little gardening in before lunch!! Then there are Sundays like today. When I [...]