You know how you have friends that, for one reason or another, always end up coming to your house or going out near where you live? Usually it is because you (read: me) are really lazy and don’t want to drive far, or at all. I have a number of friends that fall into this category,and they don’t mind, generally because I cook them a good meal when they do come over. Last week I broke the trend and headed over to see friends that live near Brickell in Miami. Continue reading Rosinella Italian Trattoria, Brickell Village, Miami
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 Drink local First of all, 48 degrees in May is an unacceptable outside temperature for a Floridian. Yet there I was, arriving in Milwaukee, to 48 degrees. In a sundress. With a fleece (at least I was kind of prepared). And flip flops. I went outside to meet my friend Bill, and I realized that I had no idea what kind of car he drove. So I started looking in windows, only to find people giving me really odd looks. Continue reading 18 Hours in Milwaukee: The Food One of my roommates from college celebrated her 40th birthday yesterday. She was less than pleased about this particular milestone and was convinced that her birthday was going to suck and none of her friends would be around to celebrate. She was wrong. Continue reading More Birthdays, More Surprises  You can't ever go wrong with truffle fries.  Bring on the peanut dressing.  The exploding Champagne We have wine friends everywhere, so when out of town wine geeks make it south, we always try to get together with them. Last week, a lovely couple from New York came down to Florida, so nine of us got together at Il Mercato in Hallandale for loads of wine, tons of food and a good time. Continue reading Mystery Wine… and Dinner at Il Mercato  The Seder Plate (after the charoset has been eaten) I think this post should really be titled “Just Because We Aren’t Eating Bread Doesn’t Mean We Are Feeling Our Ancestors Pain“. The Passover Seders are probably the two meals a year that require the most preparation. The cleaning, the shopping, the cooking. It all sounds like a normal meal until you take into account that when it is all kosher it becomes infinitely more work, and more expensive. Fortunately, we go to family for these big meals, so I exert none of the effort, yet reap all of the benefits. Continue reading The Passover Seder  Vegetable dim sum. Yum. When my father wanted to go to Hakkasan for his birthday, I was surprised. It is in the Fontainbleu hotel on Miami Beach so the place is huge (Hakkasan is about a 10 minute walk from where we valeted the car) and the fact that is undoubtedly crazy-expensive, off we went for what I hoped to be a nice birthday dinner. Continue reading One and Done: Hakkasan, Miami If you have read my blog for a while now, you know that I love tennis. I love to play it (although my serve sucks). I love to wear tennis clothes (they are very forgiving, even with the spandex). I love to watch other people playing tennis (and heckling my friends playing at Bayview Park). So when the nice people at IMG contacted me and asked if I wanted to come watch some of the Sony Ericsson Open, it did not take me long to respond with my available dates. Continue reading Game, Set, Match: The Sony Ericsson Open  Babka is seen here saying "put me down so I can play with the huskies..." Babka doesn’t need an excuse to hang out and play with other dogs. If we are outside and she sees a friend, or a friend she hasn’t yet met, she is interested in playing. All the time. So when we had the opportunity to join the Pack Walk in the Park at T.Y. Park in Hollywood, FL last week, we were in. Continue reading Pack Walk |
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