Just when you think you cannot possibly eat another slice of pizza, it happens. You end up hungry, on Thanksgiving day, when not a lot is open. We found ourselves at Piola in Hallandale. The Italian restaurant chain occupies an unassuming space in the Diplomat Mall.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
9 posts
2012 marked the fourth year in a row that my cousin came to visit Key West over Thanksgiving weekend. This year, she brought her fiancé, and we had a great time. Naturally, the majority of what we were doing was what we enjoy most: good food and good wine.
Tomorrow marks the first Thanksgiving in twelve years that we will not be hosting in our home. Instead I have pawned it off on my mother, who graciously agreed to take on the holiday – along with every other holiday that she already does – this year. I agreed to […]
We had lamented for years the lack of good pizza here, and all of a sudden there is an abundance. Between Roostica on Stock Island, Zaza’s in Sugarloaf, and now Onlywood in Key West, we should be set for a while. Assuming they all stay in business for a while.
Last night we had dinner at our house, which is not too unusual. Several wine geek friends came over, along with a new friend in from Saginaw, Michigan (and yes, I did have Simon and Garfunkel’s “America” in my head for a week… “It took me four days to hitchhike […]
The folks at Bormioli Rocco sent me one of their new Tre Sensi wine glasses to try out, along with literature about what makes it so great. Naturally, I had to try it out.
I was a little disappointed that I could not make it to more events at the Boca Raton Food and Wine Festival over the weekend. But I did manage to get there for the Sunday Jazz Brunch. At $75 a person, I thought the event was expensive, but I later […]
The Florida Keys Girl has been a little crazed this week, so I apologize for the lack of new and stimulating content (or just something to keep you occupied on the toilet… either way.) In the meantime, over in Babka’s world, she has a fun new story from the weekend […]
A few weeks ago when a friend told me I should try Zaza’s, my response was “Eh, I never want to dive that far for lunch,” as if the 17 mile drive to Sugarloaf Key would kill me. Then I found myself driving south from Hollywood, in Sugarloaf, at lunchtime. […]