This past Saturday, I was one of the co-organizers of a pub crawl in the Phinney Ridge area of Seattle. We wanted to check out some of the local bars in the area and also take advantage of a respite from the Seattle rain….. The bar crawl started at 6pm and moved down the following…
I just read an article which had a funny snippet/question about Starbucks and their store locations. The question was: Q: Which of the following places does not have a Starbucks? A1: Guantanamo Bay naval base in CubaA2: A Christian church in Munster, IndianaA3: Beirut, LebanonA4: The town of Starbuck, WashingtonA5: The Great Wall of China…
One of my good friends from high school married a guy named Greg Harrington and two years ago they both moved to the Seattle/Walla Walla area to start their own winery. There are a lot of wineries out there now-a-days, so I was sort of skeptical at first. However, after hearing Greg’s passion for wine,…
About this time last year, I got my first real taste of the restaurant quality in Seattle. The reason: Seattle’s 25 for $25 offer. This November, the restaurant program returns to Seattle but this time there are 5 more restaurants and it costs $5 more. Given the number of great restaurants that are included in…
A very close family friend (my newly minted sister’s sister’s boyfriend) just opened up a new restaurant in New York City called Crave Ceviche Bar located at 946 2nd Avenue (cross is 50th). As an always aspiring entrepreneur, you have to be happy when you get the reviews that this place is getting. I mean…
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…