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 […]
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I have to admit when I go to restaurants owned by “celebrity chefs” I am usually a little skeptical. There is a lot of hype, and it is supposed to be good, but will it? The “celebrity chef” is not usually in the kitchen, so it is a matter of how […]
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 […]
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.
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.
En route to dinner at Bern’s to celebrate the birthday of a friend, we stopped at Randy’s Fish Market for lunch. More on Bern’s next week. Today, it is all about lunch. I had looked up some places to go, and much to my delight, Randy’s is just across the […]
Of course on Labor Day, when half the country is having a BBQ, I am going to post about burgers. Last Week, BurgerFi opened another location in Aventura, FL, to a large, hungry crowd.
I am cursed with having a serious case of Foot in Mouth Disease. I have spoken with my doctor and he assures me that there is nothing he can do about it. I will just have to learn to moderate myself and deal with it. Thus far, I have been […]
As part of a 3 Loud Women lunch meeting this week, we headed to Giorgio’s Bakery to get some sustenance to carry us through our meeting and subsequent conference call. I hadn’t been there in quite a while, so I was looking forward to it.