Superficial blog alert! I have been flitting about during the daytime running errands in preparation of me, the heroine, taking off in flight later this week for my next food show. Amidst the errands, I came to a place of illuminating self-discovery in two places. If I ever want to meet men, then I have… Continue reading SF: Two new places of note
Category: Journeys
The life of a starlet
It’s not so sparkly as one would think. Today we met on set to shoot our first ever video where of course tea is the main attraction. In several shots, I held the spoon scooping loose tea into a bowl, lamenting of course that the nail polish on my right hand was chipping. Working on… Continue reading The life of a starlet
SF: Thursday of Yum
So far the restaurant fast is going okay. I kind of gave myself a concession today by getting lunch at the farmer’s market. The farmer’s market. Ah, this to me is such a breath of air in daytimes spent in cubicles. The weather was a warm and sunny 70 degrees. We procured our nibbles from… Continue reading SF: Thursday of Yum
April Experiment
As Sandra is going on a sugar fast, I am going on a restaurant fast for the month of April. This is made infinitely easier by the fact that I am not traveling this month. I look forward to cooking up some enticing meals and being creative about time spent outside of the house with… Continue reading April Experiment
“In Bruges” and the the Unexpected Hitmen
I am still blown away by the unexpectedly deep and charming film “In Bruges.” I highly suggest you run, not walk and see this film. Oh yes, it has the f-bomb at least 50 times, drugs, frisky activity, blood and non-PC comments, but wow. I’m still reeling from how I didn’t expect it to be… Continue reading “In Bruges” and the the Unexpected Hitmen
New York: A Tale of Two Dinners
2007 heralded in the brightest in vegan and vegetarian cuisine. And then 2008 rolled around. All of a sudden welcome back poultry, meat, succulent porcine by-products. It was the worst of times. The David Burke at Bloomingdales menu offered too many enticing choices. What is a girl to do on a cold New York evening?… Continue reading New York: A Tale of Two Dinners
New York Revelries- a March Installment
Yesterday seemed doomed to go down in history for our heroine as the longest day (conceded by the morning gobbling up one precious hour in favor of Sunday coming sooner that it ought). It could have been waking up at five a.m. but really that’s almost a monthly ritual. Perhaps it had something to do… Continue reading New York Revelries- a March Installment
Toronto Revelries: an Installment
Our heroine flew with congestion-filled head and chest to the oh-so cold city of Toronto last Friday. She touched down to find herself in the middle of a blizzard and doomed to wait in an hour long taxi line. But have no fear, a nice man from Abu Dhabi offered to share his cab with… Continue reading Toronto Revelries: an Installment
How to open a restaurant: Orson
DATELINE: San Francisco, Monday, February 25 The masterminds behind Citizen Cake and Citizen Cupcake have struck gold again. A marble bar with a Japanese light fixture hanging aloft dominates the main room in Orson, drawing in the crowds for the necessary swill that tastes oh-so nice at anything E. Falkner-related, in this case a Celery… Continue reading How to open a restaurant: Orson
New York Revelries: An Installment
In a madcap adventure set in New York, our heroine zips through subways and jaunts on the Upper East Side back down to Midtown. Here, she hails cabs and can elbow along the sidewalk with the best of them, mittens on hand, ear-flapped hat on head. She meanders to the 92 St. Y for an… Continue reading New York Revelries: An Installment
NYC: Let’s talk tea
The tea videos I filmed in New York earlier this year are now viewable online at www.about.com. There were five in total that we shot and three links are posted below from our all-day shoot. They had an amazing team- the woman filming us has a masters in journalism and has had her documentary on… Continue reading NYC: Let’s talk tea
Frayed thread
I came home from Mexico ill and not of the gastro variety. Instead my body found it sufficient, glassy eyes and congested head to lie in bed all day Monday until at 5:30 p.m. I pulled myself up off of the grassy flannel sheets and allowed my eyes oh- five minutes to focus out of… Continue reading Frayed thread