The Sunset District of San Francisco doesn’t see the sunset too often with the near constant fog that blankets the neighborhood, especially this time of year. Indeed, the most common description to this area of the city is not about its diverse culture. The usual response has something to do with wearing ski jackets andContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood: 9th Avenue and Irving, Inner Sunset, San Francisco”
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Cocktail of the Week: The Old Cuban (Champagne Mojito), Bemelmen’s Bar, New York City
It doesn’t come cheap at a lovely $21. Nothing is a bargain in these parts on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at the corner of East 76th St. and Madison Ave. This would be where you find one of the grande dames of the New York hotel scene, the Carlyle Hotel. Stately and grand,Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The Old Cuban (Champagne Mojito), Bemelmen’s Bar, New York City”
Restaurants: Nojo, San Francisco
The barely year old Nojo is a labor of intense focus restaurant for the young chef/owner Greg Dunmore. After years as the chef de cuisine at Ame, the grand, swanky dining room of San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel, learning under the tutelage of one of the country’s pioneering East-West cuisine chefs Hiro Sone, Dunmore struckContinue reading “Restaurants: Nojo, San Francisco”
Monday’s Neighborhood: Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Nestled quietly just northwest of Downtown and right outside of Chavez Ravine from Dodger Stadium, Silver Lake is one of those non-glamorous, mostly middle class neighborhoods that nearly every major city has, but nobody ever envisions flashy, expansive Los Angeles to have. Los Angeles doesn’t do subtlety. Somehow, Silver Lake has powered along to becomeContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood: Silver Lake, Los Angeles”
Restaurants: Baker & Banker, San Francisco
No, Baker & Banker is not a law firm. That’s the first impression every diner has upon learning of this charming 2 1/2 year old restaurant run by husband and wife tandem Jeff Banker and Lori Baker. He runs the finances and she runs the baking. In reality, at least half of that is actuallyContinue reading “Restaurants: Baker & Banker, San Francisco”
Cocktail of the Week: Beet & Co. from Windsor Court Cocktail Bar, New Orleans
Beet juice tends to be relegated to the same 1970’s health fad corner as wheat germ and kale chips. It happens to be an excellent base for new riffs on classic cocktails, in addition to adding a spectacular purple hue to the usual clear or dark color scheme of cocktails. I have always gone onContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Beet & Co. from Windsor Court Cocktail Bar, New Orleans”
Beer of the Week: Avery Brewing Co.’s 2011 Samael’s Oak-Aged Ale, Boulder, CO
At what point is a beer still a beer compared to a fortified wine? Avery’s Samael, in theory an oak aged English strong ale, is one of the strongest, most refined beers you will encounter. Stronger than any traditional wine, Samael’s is indeed akin to a Port wine. As Avery says, this is the bestContinue reading “Beer of the Week: Avery Brewing Co.’s 2011 Samael’s Oak-Aged Ale, Boulder, CO”
Where To Drink in San Francisco for the U.S. Open
Continuing in the same theme from our guide to dining for this weekend’s U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, here are the 18 holes of beverages for (after) watching a round of golf. Hole 1: Speakeasy Brewery Possibly creating the best beers currently in San Francisco’s rapidly emerging craft brew scene, youContinue reading “Where To Drink in San Francisco for the U.S. Open”
The 18 Places to Eat This Week for the U.S. Open
The 112th United States Open starts tomorrow at San Francisco’s Olympic Club, a prestigious private club and golf course that almost every San Franciscan has heard of, but very few know where it’s located, and even fewer have ever set foot on the property, your truly included. Far, far away from the tourist circuit, theContinue reading “The 18 Places to Eat This Week for the U.S. Open”
Monday’s Neighborhood: Bellavita, Taipei, Taiwan
This time last year I was sipping a mai tai inside of a New York inspired cocktail bar inside of a Las Vegas influenced Italian palazzo shopping center in Taipei, Taiwan. Indeed, that mash up of cultures envelops the senses inside the Bellavita Shopping Mall, which in theory is not a neighborhood in a civicContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood: Bellavita, Taipei, Taiwan”
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