This weekend I learned about two new types of beer when I was at a wedding in upstate New York: Utica Club (an older local beer) and Miller Chill (a new "chelada" beer from Miller). Since I am not a serious micro-beer drinker and I in fact prefer the macro-brew, I found both of these…
I went to Portland two weekends ago for a night for my friend’s bachelor party. Another friend of mine from college who lives in Portland recommended a restaurant for us to eat dinner at. It is called Oba and it is a "nuevo latino" style restaurant located in the heart of the Pearl district. If…
I just spent the weekend at my college reunion at Georgetown and had a phenomenal time. It was great getting together with old friends that I hadn’t seen in a while and fun reminiscing about old times and revisiting the old stomping grounds. One of those stomping grounds was Wisemiller’s Deli (Wisey’s) which in my…
I just saw a promotion from Barilla for a free downloadable recipe book which includes the favorite italian recipes of some celebrities (aided of course with the help of Mario Batalli). The book is a great example of a cool marketing idea for Barilla (get celebrities trumpeting your cause for free, get people to go to your…
When you are a newbie to any city, it usually takes a long time to experience all the 4/5 star restaurants that a city has to offer. The 25 for $25 deal that Seattle offers however, makes checking off names in Zagat’s very easy. In order to ensure that others benefit from my efforts to eat as…
A friend just sent me an email about a promotion that is happening in Seattle during November. It is a cool special which allows you to eat at any of 25 participating restaraunts in Seattle and receive a $25 prix fix menu. Most of the particpating places are great as well. Cant wait to try some new places out. Anyone else…
When I was deperately searching for the name of the cheesesteak place that my friend recommended, I came across this site called Robotic Gourmand. I love trying new restaurants in the cities that I live in, and I have checks near numerous Zagats entries in both the San Francisco and Chicago Zagat’s guides. I…
Last Sunday I went to a great sportsbar near the EMP to watch my Eagles take down the lowly 49ers. Since I dont know any other Eagles fans in Seattle yet and since the game clearly wasnt on due to the Seahawks game, I went solo. Luckily for me, I met a fellow diehard Eagles…
There is a very interesting article in the Walll Street Journal online about Vitamin Water and how its founder grew the business into what is now a $350MM per year business. Relevant to anyone who has been through the trials and tribulations of being an entrepeneur or who is thinking about it. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113825001955856790.html?mod=home_us_inside_today …