food

Like many of you, I’ve worked in the service industry. I’ve waited tables, sold luxury handbags, I’ve sold clothes, and I’ve placated the angriest customers. Like many of you who know both great customer service and Europe, I’ve been puzzled, disappointed, and at times, enraged by the customer service in Western Europe (I remember one [...]

For thirteen years I had failed to return to Paris after a family holiday as a teenager in 1999. In fact it was the last time I stepped foot in the most-visited country in the world. It wasn’t that I really didn’t want to return to the City of Light. As a sixteen year-old and [...]

There is a certain complexity in determining the wine that suits you.  Flavors of course are important, but more often than not wines include hints and surges of tastes that adhere to your interests.  I visited Back Room Wines in the Downtown Napa Valley recently, and participated in a tasting known as Wines Off the [...]

I was recently fortunate enough to spend a long weekend in the gorgeous Napa Valley.  When you think Napa, WINE of course is the first thing to come to mind, but I have to say that I had some of the best meals I’ve had in quite some time.  Downtown Napa was typically more of [...]

One if by Land, Two if by Sea Restaurant  |  New York, United States  |  If there is a romantic restaurant in New York, it is One if by Land, Two if by Sea. What a better place to have a date out in the city with my man, and celebrate his recent success and achievements. [...]

If you’re like me and you hate winter but can’t really get away from it, you escape to a not-so-distant past where it was warm and sunny and everything wasn’t dead, cold and terrible. So here’s what I did when I was in the French Basque Country, relaxing in Biarritz this summer! Re-live it with [...]

I may not have been spendin’ G’s, but I definitely felt like I was big pimpin’ at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club. The swanky, newly renovated NYC “it” spot exudes the swagger that this hip hop mogul–who attempted to trademark his baby’s name and just bought over $15k worth of white truffles–is known for. Grab a glass of [...]

Two things to know before going to the Philippines food-wise are that you’re going to have to be an adventurous eater, and that it’s difficult to eat vegetarian. Oh and also, what the food lacks in presentation or aesthetic beauty, it makes up for in mind-blowing deliciousness. Really. Here are 6 foods of the Philippines [...]

Hilton Head is a tiny island in South Carolina where rich, white men and women congregate for some sun, golf and quiet time on the beach. They wear polos, visors and really loud (color-wise) khaki shorts. It’s like an 80s movie, in the best way possible. I had a quick visit with friends last month, thinking [...]

Having grown up in Georgia until I was 18, I’m ashamed to admit I never got around to visiting Savannah until now. The quiet city known for romantic B&Bs, a terrific art scene and good and evil is also home to Paula Deen. She obviously needs no introduction to the gays, and her signature restaurant [...]