In BRUGES Photos & Article by Virginia Miller The romance of Bruges cannot be overstated. I was delightfully surprised to arrive in the small, intimate city of narrow cobblestone roads and horse drawn carriages to be one of the more romantic cities I’ve visited (and I’ve been to 25 cities around the globe just this year alone): partly due to… Read more →
Dining in AMSTERDAM Photos & Article by Virginia Miller Getting lost amid the canals and museums of Amsterdam is mesmerizing. While the hash house, hippie-spirited, eclectic streets near the train station make for fascinating people watching (forgive the rant: I won’t even get into the Red Light District, being a passionate advocate against human trafficking, as the ever-growing sex trade… Read more →
My Fall/Winter 2013 Distiller Magazine interview with four national craft distillers — and Ann Tuennerman, founder and executive director of Tales of the Cocktail, on how to navigate Tales of the Cocktail, the biggest and most intense cocktail event in the world. This disorder mainly embarrasses the you can try here sildenafil generic cheap man very badly. The viagra cheap… Read more →
Getting lost amid the canals and museums of Amsterdam is mesmerizing. As with many cities of the world, Amsterdam is experiencing a food revival with new restaurants, markets and bars cropping up everywhere (read my food/dining recommends here). In terms of “craft” cocktails or the cocktail renaissance of the past decade plus, one does not find even close to the… Read more →
Oaxaca is more an experience of the senses than merely a place. It’s magic. Officially my favorite place in all of Mexico, it’s a small, ancient city rich with atmosphere, the smell of spices permeating the air, baskets everywhere piled high with mole blends or chapulines (fried grasshoppers). Hundreds of years old churches, live bands and street carts enliven cobblestone… Read more →
Exploring mezcal distilleries with bartenders and staff from the fantastic Los Siete Misterios Mezcal, was one of the most unforgettable trips of my life. Besides amazing days in Mexico City (read more here) and the enchanting town of Oaxaca (more here), I had unreal experiences at distilleries where Los Siete Misterios’ different mezcal varietals are produced – there are six… Read more →
Mexico City’s (MX) dining scene is HOT. Gorgeous diners smoke cigarettes while dining on sashimi platters accented by Mexican flavors from chiles to avocado. Experimentation – the likes of which is far advanced even from what one finds in Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara – reinvents classic Mexican flavors through an international, cosmopolitan lens (in San Francisco, the recent arrival… Read more →
San Francisco has a rich pisco history and a long love affair with the evocative, clear grape brandy of Peru and Chile. Being the first US city where pisco was popularized in the 1800’s, it’s no surprise that San Francisco has seen a few pisco-heavy bars open over the past decade (Pisco Latin Lounge, Cantina, La Mar Cebicheria, etc…), just… Read more →
Peruvian cuisine first captivated me over a decade ago. As with many, ceviche was the starting point, but it was raw, sashimi-esque tiradito, fish doused in bright lime or passion fruit, that hooked me. I drew parallels to Japanese sushi with South American spirit. San Francisco has long had strong Peruvian ties, from being the first place in the US… Read more →
My first feature for Distiller Magazine was on Chicago with a multi-page print spread, my photos and three articles:
—My article on 10 of Chicago’s great bars as of July 2013 here
—An interview with Charles Joly, beverage director at The Aviary here
An interview with Few Spirits founder/distiller, Paul Hletko here