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Mind. Blown.

Hello Enthusiasts – I know, I know.  It’s been too long.  It’s depressing when I continually hear “do you blog anymore?” because it reminds me how distracted I am by the actual job I have that allows me to blog. . . . Read More

A hidden entrance, high design, good drinks, and Marcos

Hello Enthusiasts – Happy 2017.  (I understand that 2017 is mostly only happy if you’re white, male, rural, not an immigrant, not poor, and mostly intolerant.  But I digress.  I try not to get too political on here – it’s . . . Read More

We still have to eat.

Hello Enthusiasts – I’m not sure who’s all on my distribution list, and the law of averages dictates that at least a few of you voted for our (ahem) President-elect.  But most of you didn’t, and I didn’t.  And if . . . Read More

The Best Restaurant You’re Not Eating At

Hello Enthusiasts – Someday, someone will have to explain to me how our internal radar works.  Because the most random things can get “on our radar”, and then something that totally SHOULD be on our radar somehow doesn’t get there.  . . . Read More

Does Downtown Need Another Italian Restaurant? It Does If It’s This One.

Hello Enthusiasts – It feels weird to say this, but when I heard about the opening of Officine Brera, I thought to myself “yet another ‘big deal’ Italian restaurant?  Really?”  And then I thought about that sentiment, and realized – . . . Read More

Otium, Jonathan Gold, and me

Hello Enthusiasts – Apologies in advance, but this is sort of a long one.  Anyhoo…  In my most recent post titled “random musings”, I said this:  “Otium is amazing and will get its own blog post soon.”  Now, loyal readers . . . Read More

5 Things to Know About Clifton’s Before You Go (number 5 is why I wrote this whole post)

Hey there Enthusiasts – So, I “finally” made it into Clifton’s last night.  I put quotes around “finally” because it seems like it’s been forever in the making (and it has – over 5 years), but it’s only been officially . . . Read More