Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2011
Just in case you’re curious to know how to ask for a “shower cap” in four languages, here you go. I particularly like the French term, and may just choose to forever refer to them as “douche bonnets”.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2011
So we found this old stadium…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7th, 2011
Driving south from Alba, on a foggy, rainy morning, the hills began to rise up around us like a misty dream. As our little Fiat traversed the windy roads, the world we were about to spend four days in came sharply into focus (see photo slideshow at bottom). Hillsides swallowed up hillsides; vistas stretched endlessly […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2011
On Italian trains, they don’t mess around. It ain’t the usual getting your pesky arms or legs caught in the door here…
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2011
Good for the heart, good for the mind. It’s horse meat! Yep, horse meat! What fine beverage would you pair with this action?
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2011
There it stood. The cathedral of Notre Dame. A foreboding, massive block of granite with ornately carved details covering every inch. Stone figures and vicious gargoyles festoon the walls, looking down on the ever-changing face of Paris over the centuries. We had just stepped out of the train station and she was our first sight. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2011
Years in the making. Countless hours of dreaming and scheming. At long last, the portal is within sight. It’s time for launch. After seeing the idea evolve from kernel to foggy plan, and now from foggy plan to sharpened reality, we are oh so close. In eight days time, Kat and I board a plane […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 18th, 2011
Esporão Verdelho ’10, Ebenauer Grüner ’09 and Gumphof Weißburgunder ’09. This makes me happy.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2011
There’s nothing like beer straight out of the barrel. This past Monday, I found myself back at Kelso Brewing Company, shooting some video with Kelly Taylor, Brooklyn’s beer maestro. After we shorted-out our camera by sticking it in a steaming brew tank while I was inside power-washing grain like I was actually helping, we retired […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2010
My virgin visit; mere moments after arriving, my Rambo dreams were tempted…and for $5 off!
