You may remember the saga of Monday and the broken down car. (If not, just click the link for the whole back story). I have spent way too much time dealing with getting this car fixed, but alas, today, it seems to be cured of it’s ailments.
I have a number of skills that serve me well in life, including problem solving. However, there are certain things I am just not good at. Cars, for example. I know how to drive and can even manage to add windshield washer fluid if I am desperate, but that is […]
You must know by now that I spend an inordinate amount of time on wine. Buying wine, drinking wine, finding the best small production wines, finding the best values, talking about wine, consulting when friends ask what wine to serve with dinner… You get it. It is all about the […]
As you can imagine, just 5 days post-op, nothing terribly exciting has been happening, so my normal eating adventures have been replaced by vomiting, which I will tell you is no fun. Especially after abdominal surgery.
I am sitting at my dining room table (since I really can’t handle the office just yet) recovering from a cholecystectomy on Friday. You may be wondering what exactly a cholecystectomy is… I was. It is fancy surgeon-speak for having your gallbladder removed. You will be happy to note that there are […]
The difference between “dinner” and a “wine dinner” is often the company. When the wine geeks are around, even in small numbers, a plain old dinner suddenly becomes an event. We often have wine with dinner, but we always have lots of wine with the wine geeks. On Wednesday we […]
Rooftop Cafe is in a lovely location on Front Street. The outdoor deck and seating above the street is really lovely. I hadn’t been there in about ten years, and I think it will be another ten before I am back. Why? So many reasons…
I have been to the Village Gourmet a bunch of times, usually just for a quick coffee and maybe a pastry for the road. Last week we had the opportunity for an actual meal there.
I had the opportunity to try Tap 42 for happy hour the other day with my other two-thirds of the 3 Loud Women. We had a long day of meetings and radio interviews, so thought we would end it on a high note. I was looking forward to it, as […]