My July 24 Liquor.com feature article on a Marriott hotel in touristy Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, that surprises with its own tequila line produced exclusively for the resort and its many tequila and food pairing options, including sunset guacamole with tequila and margaritas. More on the resort’s offerings here. An Effective Solution Available at the Cheapest prices. Unlike before, you will… Read more →
My July 25 Paste Magazine — Travel — feature article on Canada’s enchanting, remote, magical Prince Edward Island, famed for Anne of Green Gables and the abundance of shellfish around its shores. Read more →
My interview with Jamie Windon of Lyon Distilling
My interview with Lane Harlan of WC Harlan and Clavel, among my top Baltimore bars Read more →
While my birthtown of Oklahoma City is where my parents returned and dozens of my relatives live, my parents briefly lived in Tulsa in their younger years — and we returned for a nostalgic road trip this spring. Driving a portion of Route 66 on the short hour and a half drive between the cities, we passed industrial plants, farms,… Read more →
While my birthtown of Oklahoma City (specifically Edmond) is where my parents returned and dozens of my relatives live, my parents briefly lived in Tulsa in their younger years. We returned for a nostalgic road trip this spring (more on what’s great now in OKC here). Driving a portion of Route 66 on the short hour and a half drive… Read more →
Since my parents moved from New Jersey back to the town my mom grew up in — Edmond, OK — a decade or so ago, I’ve had more opportunity to visit the land of my birth: Oklahoma City. We left there when I was one so I have no actual memories there other than occasional visits to my extended family… Read more →
Digging into the food scene in the city of my birth, Oklahoma City (article here), I now share my top OKC bars in a scene that keeps getting better each year. While you won’t find cutting edge cocktails/bars in this city, a couple of these spots (WKSY Lounge and O Bar) are competitive with great bars nationally, one (Power House) combines… Read more →
Published May 25, 2017, at Liquor.com, my feature on one of OKC’s best bars — which ideally mixes high, low and excellent music with a warm, Oklahoma welcome. Article here: www.liquor.com/articles/power-house-oklahoma-city/#gs.r9qirs One of a kind: Power House Cocktails by the patio fireplace at Power House Read more →
West Maui is a magical place of rainbows and coves teeming with sea turtles (in Napili Bay), which I have covered in years’ past here. Heading back to West Maui this past October for the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival was as reviving a Hawaii trip as ever. Though I attend hundreds of food and drink events, this one was… Read more →
No question: Memphis a true music lover’s mecca. From the humble storefront of Sun Records, the recording studio that changed the world, to the neon Stax sign, housing a great museum in the former studio home of soul, it’s a thrill visiting these nondescript buildings where rock and roll and soul were essentially born to go out into the world.… Read more →