I thought it was apropos to book my birthday vacation while snowed in by Juno. #40 on the birthday list is...go to the Bahamas. Yes! This will be my second Caribbean vacation and I am psyched. So KNO night. KNO night was my first triple-header A–Z bar night. Thanks to Abby and Melissa for being... Continue Reading →
Tee to Zee
Last week, my peeps and I hit T and Z on the Alphabet Bar List. Trophy Room is a new-ish bar/bistro. I forgot to ask why there were trophies lined along the top of the walls but the home page of its website handily explains the story. I tried... Continue Reading →
P Is for Pomodoro
Bar #4 on the alphabet list was Pomodoro, which is probably an eight-minute drive from my apartment. It's a cozy and expensive Italian restaurant with a cute rectangular-shaped bar. The bartender handed us menus, upon which no mention of beer was found. I cringed inside and tried to tone down the panic in my... Continue Reading →
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…
Mary and I visited our friend Carrie in New York City last weekend. I also saw two college friends who live in the area. They were all game for visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island so I could geek out in my genealogical way and check off two birthday list items. Being... Continue Reading →
Gustatory Adventures
I indulged in my bi-/tri-annual three-course meal a few nights ago. My friends and I had dinner at a subterranean Italian restaurant that was so tiny it was almost comical. I lost count of the number of times the waitstaff bumped into my girlfriend as they squeezed by our table. I chose a lightly breaded... Continue Reading →
