“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle
The seagulls join in on the rooftop deck aboard the SF Belle for Whiskies of the World
Recently returning from family time and digging deep in food and drink in Oklahoma (Tulsa and Oklahoma City), I soon head back to Chicago for the James Beard Awards and yet more research on what’s new since I wrote about the Windy City last year.
Here are new features in my regular outlets: Table8, Liquor.com, Liquor.com Drinkwire articles on bars & drink around the world, Food Republic and Where Magazine.
This issue:
The Latest — Top 3 New Restaurants of the Month: Maybe the most exciting and ambitious Chinese restaurant/bar/market concept… ever. A cocktail bar with killer food. Affordable Cuban food.
Wandering Traveler — Why Oxford, Mississippi, Is a Food & Literature Lovers’ Town
Imbiber — Top 5 Whiskies from Whiskies of the World 2017: Another year of hundreds of whiskies from around the globe on a sternwheeler in the Bay, with standouts from India to Scotland, US to Japan.
Around the Bay — Hotel of the Month: Four Seasons Silicon Valley looks like a corporate office building, but here’s why it’s special, from a new cafe and remodel to impeccable pastas and s’mores by the pool.
As your personal concierge who tells it like a good friend would, I also create personalized itineraries: trips, meals, explorations (under “Services“).
Virginia
LINKS to Social Media & Articles:
Table8, National Editor
Food Republic
Liquor.com
Zagat SF Editor (2014-2016)
Editor, Distiller Magazine
Liquor.com Drinkwire
SF Bay Guardian Critic (2009-2013)
Where Magazine
Freelance: Whisky Magazine UK, The Times London, Eater, Tasting Panel Magazine, The Whiskey Wash, PureWow, Spoonwiz, Drink Me Magazine, Citysearch, NBC’s The Feast, Blackboard Eats, Tasting Table, Grubstreet
Acquerello risotto at Four Seasons Silicon Valley’s Quattro restaurant