Seattle Restaurants In June 2011, we went to Tacoma and Seattle to get our “art glass fix”. But man (nor woman) does not live by art glass alone. No trip to any city is complete without visiting some of its newest, most interesting restaurants. This is particularly true in an exciting restaurant city like Seattle. […]
Destinations
The Tacoma/Seattle Art Glass Scene in One Day
We love art glass—blown glass in every conceivable shape and color. A trip to St. Petersburg, Florida’s Chihuly Collection merely served to whet our appetite. We were, after all, about to head off to Seattle Washington—the virtual birthplace of American glass art and home of “the glass master” himself, Dale Chihuly. We began our periodic pilgrimage […]
Cochon 555 San Francisco: Devouring the Whole Pig—If You Can Get To It
Cochon 555 What a great concept. A culinary competition and tasting event with 5 pigs, 5 chefs and 5 wineries. But these weren’t any pigs, chefs or wineries. The chefs were from some of the Bay Area’s best restaurants: Michael Mina, Prospect, SPQR, Fifth Floor and Bar Agricole: The pigs were five different breeds of […]
Partying at the Alameda California Wine Appellation
We know of no wine grapes grown in this Oakland California suburb. That does not mean there are no wineries. And where there are wineries, there are parties. Rosenblum Cellars We recently attended one of the two June 2011 bashes in Alameda California. Rosenblum Cellars’ June 4 “Summer of Love Open House Barbeque” was a […]
St. Petersburg, Florida as a Art Hub?
A 24-hour Cultural, Culinary and Bar Tour through Central Florida It is ironic that our first post in our new blog is about a trip that is so brief and so unrepresentative of our travels. Tom had to be in Orlando Florida for business. Since he had already done all of the theme parks and […]
A Passion for the San Francisco Bay Area
Tom and Joyce love exploring, finding interesting restaurants, touring wine regions, hiking, and going to theater, museums, and lectures wherever we travel. The San Francisco (SF) Bay Area is particularly blessed with opportunities in each of these—and many other—ways. SF has fascinating neighborhoods, some of the best and most interesting restaurants in the country, wonderfully […]