Who doesn’t know someone affected by breast cancer? My sister was diagnosed at the age of 43 and has been cancer-free for more than six years. Off the top of my head I can think of ten friends who have been successfully treated for breast cancer, not to mention the friends who have struggled through […]
Food Wine & Co: Feelings
September 23, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
You know those emails that you get that you are supposed to forward on to your friends. I usually ignore them. But I got one yesterday that caught my attention. This is an excerpt: The head of psychiatry at Stanford said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do […]
CityZen: Getting My Just Desserts with Matthew Petersen
September 18, 2011 · by · 3 Comments
Matthew Petersen, photo courtesy of Mandarin Oriental, Washington, DC Some people get excited about meeting movie stars, athletes, rock musicians, or politicians. I get it. In fact, I have had a celebrity interaction or two that has kept me grinning for quite some time. But these days my biggest thrills come from meeting Top Cheftestants. […]
La Canela and Sichuan Pavilion in Rockville: Double the Pleasure
September 11, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
I’m doubling up on this blog post by reviewing two restaurants at once. They may not seem like a perfect pair at first glance. One is Peruvian. One is Sichuan. Their common thread? They are located minutes away from each other in the Rockville Town Center area. I ate at both restaurants in the same […]
Bobby’s Burger Palace: Missing the Flay-vor
September 6, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
www.bobbysburgerpalace.com Chef Bobby Flay seems to be everywhere I turn. There are slim pickings on television right now, so I find myself watching the Food Network ad nauseum. There is Grill It with Bobby Flay, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Boy Meets Grill, and the recently concluded season of Food Network Star. Bobby can also be […]
Ripple: Effect of Hurricane Irene- CLOSED
September 2, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
Bar at Ripple www.litonevents.com Irene made me miss my dinner reservation at Urbana last Saturday night. Since this was the the only devastation I experienced as a direct result of Irene, obviously I have no room to complain. However there was a Ripple effect from the storm, which I felt around 7:00 pm Sunday evening. […]
Againn Tavern (closed)
August 28, 2011 · by · Leave a Comment
Before my dinner at Againn Tavern in Rockville, I had already chosen the title of my blog post. “Not, Againn.” I decided that I wasn’t going to like it so that I could use this clever (although probably not original) title. About half way through the meal, I was thinking I would change it to […]
