This weekend we are headed to Chicago, for the every-other-year Cellar Diminishment Party. As always, we are looking forward to seeing old friends, making new ones, and drinking some good wines. Naturally, the trip must include some Chicago deep dish pizza.
Yearly Archives: 2013
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When our group of wine geek friends decided to get together for a dinner at Market 17, it was something I was looking forward to. The combination of farm-to-table concept, utilizing organic and pesticide-free ingredients, as well as the wine friendly atmosphere was intriguing.
I know what you are thinking – Christmas isn’t coming for months on end, and Thanksgiving is none too soon, either. Well, that is true, but the Jewish holidays, specifically Rosh Hashana starts in a mere two and a half weeks. Family is coming (lots of ’em) and while I […]
I’ll say it: I hate valet parking. In Key West it is not something I need to deal with, but on the mainland, or elsewhere, sometimes it is a necessity. Given the choice, I would rather park my own car 100% of the time. Why? Glad you asked…
I take a break from my normal tales of eating (and emergency pants, not that the two are related in any way), to discuss The Next Food Network Star, specifically last night’s finale. (I’m going to tell you who wins, so if you have it recorded and haven’t seen it, […]
When my friends started to marry, nearly twenty years ago, the discussion of name changing came up frequently. In fact, as the wedding of two very close friends approached, both of whom have nice, easy to pronounce, one sometimes-mistaken-for-royalty names, we had the discussion frequently. Was she taking his name? […]
This past weekend we had friends visit Key West for the first time, other than on a cruise ship. They wanted to see and do everything, and I was exhausted just thinking about it all. We started with the highlights, and naturally, there was a lot of eating going on.
This past weekend we had guests that were first time visitors to Key West. In an effort to show them the best time possible, we hit some of the highlights (more on that in Wednesday’s post.) We did send them on a Conch Train tour, as it is an effective […]
I had been to Lola’s twice. Once in 2007, the evening before a ten day road trip, and once about a year and a half ago for a birthday party. Both times my impression was the same: it is good, but by no means extraordinary. So when friends wanted to […]
Now that we have covered the Superhero cocktails, it is time to talk about the other side of the coin, the Villains. There are so many good ones to choose from (and still I have no costume ideas…) and so many good drinks to go along with them. Once again, […]