Wine, Food, and Photography
Heading to Bainbridge Island feels like such an adventure when the sun sets. The massive lumbering ferry from Seattle is efficient and comfortable. A mild incline walk through blooming gardens and quiet trees at dusk set the mood perfectly.Tech bro’s wearing…
Keep Reading! Hitchcock on Bainbridge Island
1 CommentThough epic in scale and beauty, Seward Alaska isn’t exactly a hotbed of activity. Surprisingly easy to get to from the West Coast, and extremely inexpensive why not head up to the last frontier? A short trip up to Anchorage…
Keep Reading! Thorn’s Showcase Lounge
1 CommentTacos are not tied to inflation; attempts at increasing the price of less desirable cuts of meat with hot chili sauce and onions are difficult to stomach. In Tijuana, where the exchange rate on the venerable Peso has fallen to…
Keep Reading! Taqueria “El Franc” – The Best in Tijuana
1 CommentHer posture bent over from decades of respect and her mannerisms practiced, as if her eyes were not needed. She lifted her hand slowly to balance, as she hoisted a warm steamed dumpling onto the outstretched palm. A carafe of warm…
Keep Reading! Tsukiji and the beautiful death of the BlueFin
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About an hour south of San Diego traveling by toll road lies Ensenada, the Cinderella of the Pacific. What was once a fledgling settlement for Jesuits seeking to indoctrinate the semi nomadic Yumi people has become a cosmopolitan city of a half million thriving on a mix of military spending, shipping, and tourism. Keep Reading! Ensenada and the Golden Coast
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The St. Regis resort at Monarch Beach is undergoing extensive renovations, but StoneHill Tavern, the Michael Mina restaurant inside the resort is firing on all cylinders. On a recent visit to Dana Point much to surprise, an actual red carpet was rolled out, which we were happy to dine upon. Keep Reading! StoneHill Tavern
I recently took a trip to Japan and I am forever changed. I expected to walk around like Sean Connery in the 1993 classic movie Rising Sun, but instead I was humbled, facinated, and full of pastries almost the entire trip.…
Keep Reading! Coming Soon: Japan
Leave a Comment2015 was a fascinating year in a multitude of ways. The most prevalent and profound themes I found were that our social networks have become too powerful to ignore, our societies aren’t as peaceful as we’d prefer to think, and human created changes to the chemistry of the ocean (very likely all coral reefs will collapse in my lifetime) and atmosphere (something I began writing about in 2013) have let to an acceleration of the holocene mass extinction.
On a lighter note – I would like to share a few of my key learnings and thoughts about my year. Keep Reading! 2015 – The State of M.A.N
Leave a CommentWhen the Mission style burrito first came into existence, it is said that Jesus wept tears of cumin into taco meat. In fact in some of the more remote regions of Mexico, guacamole is a sacrament. Visit a place like…
Keep Reading! The Capital of Burrito
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Franco Pepe a man who is considered to be the best producer of pizza in all of Italy was recently whisked to Los Angeles by Nancy Silverton for a series of classes and a wine dinner. Gambero Rosso, an organization that arose in the late 1980s alongside the Slow Food Movement (in protest to fast food, in this case a McDonald’s opening in Rome) has called Franco Pepe the best Italy has to offer. Keep Reading! Pepe In Grani @ Chi Spacca
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