“When you regain a sense of your life as a journey of discovery, you return to the rhythm with yourself. When you take the time to travel with reverence, a richer life unfolds before you… When your mind becomes more acquainted with reverence, the light, grace and elegance of beauty find you more frequently. When the destination becomes gracious, the journey becomes an adventure of beauty.” – Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue
Vegan soups in Mendocino
Enter May…. Here’s my latest at Food Republic on the top craft beer bars around the Bay Area — and I wrote the section on Oakland & Berkeley for Zagat’s national feature on America’s Next Hot Food City (East Bay places at #2).
This issue:
Top Tastes – My Top 5 Dishes & New Openings of April.
Around the Bay – Weekending in Mendocino: Anderson Valley wines, coastal organic fish, vegan ice cream and more.
Imbiber – 3 New Spirits of the Month: Talking Colombian and Minnesota gin and 3 unique rye whiskies aged in wine casks.
Squid ink noodles at Melissa Perello’s new Octavia
As your personal concierge who tells it like a good friend would, I also create personalized itineraries: trips, meals, explorations (under “Services“).
Virginia
Editor, Distiller Magazine
SF Bay Guardian Critic (Weekly Column: 2009-2013)
Spoonwiz
Freelance: Whisky Magazine UK, The Times London, Eater, PureWow, Drink Me Magazine, Citysearch, NBC’s The Feast, Blackboard Eats, Tasting Table, Grubstreet, Where Magazine