Category: Wandering Traveler

Charmed by Santa Maria Valley

My October 2019 print article in Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazines, covering the original 1800s barbecue style of the west: Santa Maria barbecue, as well as wineries, bars, coffee, bakeries, cider producers and restaurants/food around California’s Santa Maria Valley from Orcutt to Los Alamos. Article here. My other Oakland and Alameda Magazine articles include romantic getaways in Beverly Hills and Santa… Read more →

Toronto & Beyond: Why the Region Surrounding Canada’s Biggest City is a Culinary Destination

Me with chef Jason Bangerter (L) of Langdon Hall and chef JP Park (R) of Atomix Some of the conditions which upset the body’s natural balance and allow yeasts to purchase cialis on line overgrow and cause infection. Asparagus order viagra from canada is rich in vitamin E and other minerals. Unlike their spiffy television advertisements, the PE-5’s do not… Read more →

Distiller Magazine: Top 10 Nashville Bars + Interviews with Nelson’s Green Brier Distillers & Pinewood Social’s Matt Tocco

The Fox Bar, Nashville In the Fall 2019 print issue of Distiller Magazine: My article on 10 of Nashville’s best bars (Bastion, The Patterson House, Pinewood Social, The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club, Henrietta Red, Woolworth on 5th, No. 308, Gertie’s Bar at The 404 Kitchen, Urban Cowboy Public House, Black Rabbit) here My interview with Nelson’s Green Briar Distillery… Read more →

A Unique Marriage Between Cognac & Ireland: Irish Whiskey Meets Cognac

Published in my regular print columns at Haute Living Magazine, the November-December 2019 issue includes my feature on travels to Cognac, France (in depth on Cognac — how it’s produced, what the region is like, etc. here), and Lambay Island, Ireland, to explore a unique marriage between Cognac and Irish Whiskey between two spirits families. MY HAUTE LIVING ARTICLES— Wine… Read more →

Gin Magazine — Bangkok’s Top 10 Bars

Mandarin Oriental Bangkok My latest print feature in Gin Magazine , issue 8 (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here), is on 10 top Bangkok bars: The Bamboo Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, #FindtheLockerRoom, Asia Today, Teens of Thailand, Tropic City, Tep Bar, Iron Balls Distillery & Bar, Just a Drink (Maybe), Smalls Bar, Liberation. Past… Read more →

5 Hours in Heathrow: My Travelux Magazine Feature

My first print feature for Europe’s new Travelux magazine on luxury wine, spirits and travel (from Paragraph, the publishers of Whisky Magazine and Gin Magazine, which I write for every issue). This feature, it’s my guide in where to eat, drink and buy spirits in London’s Heathrow airport: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pnum=62&edid=a5630aa3-9483-4033-acb4-c066436c8e44&isshared=true – Read more →

The Only Bar of It’s Kind… Showing Off Ireland’s Homegrown Spirit: Poitin

Covering the world’s only full-on poitin bar, Bar 1661, in Dublin from Dave Mulligan, who I interview at Liquor.com in my latest feature, SHOWING OFF POITÍN, IRELAND’S HOMEGROWN SPIRIT, AT A NEW BAR. ONE THAT’S ALL POITÍN, ALL THE TIME. Bar 1661 poitin flight Doctors often have a viagra best difficult time diagnosing the exact cause of malady should be… Read more →

The World’s Most Expensive Coffee — Exploring Panama Geisha Coffee Plantations

Published at BaseNotes by Vitruvi in September 2019, my article on the vibrant, rare coffee plantations of Panama. Beyond 2020, La Cosecha will begin offering coffee plantation tours around the mountains of Panama. Jorge Chanis formed La Cosecha to educate on Panama’s coffee riches, hosting press and trade tours around the region, which they plan to eventually launch for the… Read more →

Prague: A Dining Scene on the Rise

Published at Haute Living Magazine, the September-October 2019 issue, my dining feature on Prague in the Czech Republic, a food scene on the rise. Article here: https://issuu.com/hautelivingsanfrancisco/docs/sept_oct_2019_sf_lacobs/18 MY HAUTE LIVING ARTICLES— Wine Country Inns with Exceptional Dining (& Growing Their Own Produce) here.— A visionary San Francisco bar manager combining spirits and wine… in the same glass here.— Dining & drink in Toronto… Read more →