We’re back to enchanting Charleston for island eats and drinks with a view. CHARLESTON BARS VENDUE INN: A casual rooftop bar atop a charming, historic Inn. On a warm day, feels like a margaritas (regular or watermelon) and beer rooftop party: casual, relaxed, breezy. PAVILION BAR: On the Market Pavilion Hotel sits this romantic rooftop bar… ideal for taking in the sunset… Read more →
“Even without canals, Charleston is the Venice of America. It’s an incredibly beautiful city on the sea, perfectly preserved, a living museum, but not at all Disneyfied like Colonial Williamsburg.” – William Stadiem, “Everybody Eats There” What a shock to come through the drab drive across South Carolina and Charleston’s seedy outskirts to find a city so pristine, museum-like. It’s… Read more →
August led me to the tiny mountain town of Jackson Hole, at the entrance of the Grand Tetons near Yellowstone. Just landing in the airport, the only one inside a national park in the US, is a thrill. The Tetons’ jagged peaks pierce the bluest of blue skies, making a majestic line along the valleys of grass and wildlife below. Near this… Read more →
Farmer’s Market (since 1934) Monday-Friday, 9 am-9 pm Saturday, 9 am-8 pm Sunday, 10 am-7 pm Some merchant hours vary 6333 West 3rd Street (and Fairfax) Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 933-9211 www.farmersmarketla.com The original Los Angeles Farmer’s Market started in 1934 with actual farmers selling produce from the back of their trucks in a dirt lot. Now it’s a… Read more →
Savannah, otherwise dubbed “crazy pirate town” by the Renaissance Man, is a strange little city that lives fresh in my memory, with surrounding islands and mixture of drab modern with graceful, old architecture. It’s intimate, not cosmopolitan or diverse like bigger cities, but haunting and navigable. After the colorful beauty and museum-like preservation of Charleston, I expected similar from Savannah… Read more →
Back to my beloved New York City for double duty this month: we’ll imbibe as we travel! Sounds perfect to me. NYC has too many incredible, atmospheric drinking establishments to list… here are merely two. Angel’s Share: 8 Stuyvesant Street, 2nd fl. (between 9th St & 3rd Ave) Manhattan, NY, 10003 The main ingredient, sildenafil citrate, dilates the vessels and the… Read more →
It almost doesn’t seem worth writing about a place that’s already such a hit… unless you love it enough to add your voice to the din. Enter Pizzeria Mozza. Though open little over half a year, reservations need to be made a month in advance and a line forms before it’s opening hour of noon. It’s not a hip “scene”,… Read more →
I realize Oklahoma is far from a culinary mecca and I do struggle to find noteworthy meals here. Variety and quality are not standards in any area but one: beef. Similar to neighboring Texas, OK has tasty beef everywhere, from steakhouses to BBQ (albeit sadly not grass fed or humanely raised in most cases). If you find yourself in the… Read more →
Dining pleasures are boundless in this stunning country… cheese and chocolate may be the items that come to the uninformed mind, but if you dine at a noteworthy restaurant in most Swiss cities or villages, you’ll also experience savory meats, the freshest of lake fish, generous vegetables, and always… clean, fresh cooking. LUCERNE After two visits, Lucerne remains my favorite… Read more →
Switzerland is incomparably glorious land and after a second visit, I only want more. What surprises is that the food, hardly noticed next to reigning European cuisines, French and Italian, holds such fresh, satisfying foods well beyond the cheese and chocolate they are rightly known for. I was amazed by fresh seafood, rich desserts… better food than I had expected… Read more →