{cocktail} The Kalimotxo
I was cooking with red wine just now, and had about half an open bottle, so I thought, heck, it’s Friday afternoon, I’m going to make myself a kalimotxo! Kalimotxo (pronounced kah-lee-MOO-choe) is a...
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{photojournal} Towering Around Town: Chicago, IL
I spent a chilly Fall weekend in Chicago with friends and wanted to share some of my favorite photos. I hadn’t been there for almost 20 years so it was a treat to spend...
{recipe} Grilled Caesar Salad
On a recent trip to Vieques, Puerto Rico, we ate at a fantastic little restaurant called El Quenepo. I loved their grilled caesar salad and thought that while the dish was fresh in my...
{getaway} Long Weekend: Mexico City
My friend Erica is heading to a business trip in Mexico City and asked for some food and drink recommendations, so I wrote some up for her. But why should she get all the...
{ingenious} Cocktail Umbrella Lights
The Lush Collection from Bright Lights, Little City, is all about making light fixtures out of cocktail umbrellas dipped in phosphorescent paint. The shocking thing is that they actually look pretty cool. Because what...
{restaurant} East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, UK
Are you tired of consuming your fried fish in an unseemly setting? May I suggest you head to Littlehampton, England, and you can chow all the cod n’ chips you like in the amazing...
{recipe} Pork Schnitzel
In honor of July 4th, I give you… a German recipe! My paternal grandfather had a couple of specialty dishes and one was to make schnitzel. His family hailed from Germany and he had...
{travel + wtf} Night Border Crossing Experience in Mexico
I just got this email about vacation packages from the travel site Kayak.com- which incidentally I had heretofore felt was the best travel site. Now, I’m not so sure. WTF?!?! No seriously, WTF?!?!? Mexico...
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