When I saw Le Petit Paris pop up recently, I thought to myself, “just what we need… another French cafe, across the street from one and a couple blocks away from one of my favorites, Le Creperie.” When we went there as part of the neighborhood stroll during the Key […]
After enjoying the Aperitivo party a couple of weeks ago, we decided to give the restaurant a try, too. I did not realize the traffic nightmare that stood between me and great pasta. We left my parents house in North Miami Beach for the twenty minute drive to South Beach. […]
We had plans to go out to dinner with friends in November, which became December. Finally, the third week in January, we got to see them and made our way to dba/cafe in Fort Lauderdale. We knew about dba because it was opened by one of the former owners of […]
One of the great perks of my job is that I sometimes get offered free stuff. Of course, it is usually stuff that has no relevance to me, and I am not interested. But the other day, when I got an email from the people at Blue Bell Ice Cream […]
When I received the invitation for the VinItaly tasting on Miami Beach, I was bummed that work was getting in the way of wine drinking. Later that week, I saw the invitation to the Frescobaldi “Aperitivo” tasting, which started at 6:30 in the evening, it was hard to pass up. […]
We chose the last seating at Azur’s now-famous Bubbles and Madness brunch during the Key West Food and Wine Festival. That way, we could go straight from brunch to Duval Uncorked, which my liver did not think was such a great idea. We met friends at Azur and although the […]
The Grand Tasting is one of the signature events at the Key West Food and Wine Festival. This year it was held at the Sculpture Garden in front of the Waterfront Playhouse. The weather was typical for south Florida in January, meaning clear skies, cooler temps and the perfect weather […]
Last night was the kick off of the Key West Food and Wine Festival, and there is no better place to do that than on the sand at the Southernmost Hotel on the Beach. Tables with wine and food are set up as guests mingle and the sun sets.
While waiting to close on the purchase of our new house, after having moved thirteen years worth of stuff out of the old house, we are staying with my parents for a few weeks. What that means is (a) we eat really, really well at all times (miso sea bass, […]
It is the end of January (I know, I can hardly believe it myself), but you know what that means? The best event of the year in Key West is taking place this weekend. If you haven’t gotten tickets yet, get off your butt and get them now. Use code […]