The onset of winter in most places brings dread, cold, dreariness and snow. Not so in Florida. The onset of winter is also the beginning of festivals, happenings and events for months to come. You know how I love the Key West Food and Wine Festival, and there will be […]
Stephanie Goldberg-Glazer
It is Event Week here at Chez Florida Keys Girl. This week I am talking about three upcoming, mainland Florida events. Each one should prove to be fantastic. Up first, this Friday, October 12 from 9AM – 12PM is Loud Business, Loud Life, a Lifestyle Event at IKEA Sunrise.
I know you have been on the edge of your seat since Wednesday waiting for the first 25 Reasons Why I Love Key West. Wait no longer, my friends. Here you go, in no particular order: 1. Because it really is a small town and you see people you know […]
There are so many great things about life in Key West. I will come up with an entire list soon, but in the meantime, I will share one of the things that I love. It often feels like a very small town.
There is a whole lot of construction right now on North Roosevelt Boulevard, the main road into and out of the city, as well as the main shopping corridor for anybody who lives in paradise. This project – redoing the road and rebuilding the sea wall – is supposed to […]
After our superb dinner at Osteria Morini in New York, I left knowing I needed to figure out how to make that sformato. It was a ramekin full of creamy goodness, all topped with mushrooms. Although I didn’t actually lick the bowl, I did tear off little pieces of bread, […]
Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement for Jews. We spend the day fasting (no food or water from sundown last night until sundown tonight…), praying and reflecting. As such, I will wish you all a good year and I will be back on Friday, well fed and with […]
A couple of weeks ago, I received a UPS package with the latest Lucy Burdette novel, Death in Four Courses. Naturally, I felt special for being on the list of people that has these sent to them. I was also eager to read the follow up to An Appetite for […]
We arrived in New York for a very short visit last Friday, and promptly had dinner with friends, my cousin and soon to be cousin-in-law (Is that even a thing? I think I’ll just keep him in the friend category) at our home on the Upper West Side. Naturally, by […]
People go to Bern’s for one of two reasons: The food or the wine. While the food is good, we went for the wine. A friend was celebrating his 50th birthday, and was looking forward to celebrating with interesting older wines. Naturally, we were there to help.