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It’s time for more restaurant pet peeves, and I have a lot of them! This installment of “My Restaurant Pet Peeves” series will focus on...

OK everybody, it’s time to vent!! How many of you have gone to a nice restaurant and left feeling disappointed and let down by the...

Here we go again! Since my last restaurant review update in April, Laurie and I have visited seven new restaurants that have opened since...

Laurie and I love creating our own cocktails, but we also enjoy the classic cocktails from time to time. Think Cosmopolitan, Negroni,...

This week Laurie and I are celebrating our 4 th retirement anniversary! I thought this would be a good time to take a quick break from...

The all-time classic bourbon-based drink is the Old Fashioned – it’s simple and sublime! But it’s not my favorite cocktail; that award...

What if you could invite any four famous musicians, deceased or alive, to your dream dinner party? Who would you invite, and what would...

Hard iced tea. Hard lemonade. Hard seltzer water. The list of traditional non-alcoholic drink options that now come in “hard” spiked...

Laurie and I are having a difficult time keeping up with all the new restaurants opening in and around Sarasota – what a great problem to...

When Laurie and I offer to make guests a Negroni at cocktail hour, without fail the response is usually, “Yuk, I HATE Negronis” or some...

For this week’s blog I’ll continue sharing my thoughts on the absolute best and worst that Florida has to offer. Let’s talk weather,...

Florida is a wonderful, weird, fun, frightening, delightful, unpredictable and entirely unique place to live! And similar to every one of...

In last week’s blog I provided a short introduction to the wonderful world of whiskey, or whisky depending on your spelling preference!...

I’m definitely still a whiskey novice. About two years ago I began my journey to learn everything I could about whiskey. And like wine,...

Laurie and I just experienced another epic holiday season in beautiful Sarasota FL! Each year our celebrations of the season just keep...

Hands down, Christmas has always been my favorite holiday! There’s absolutely nothing like the anticipation, joy, sights, and sounds of...

I know, I know - it's not even Thanksgiving yet and I'm talking about Christmas already! But hear me out, because the holiday season is...

As enthusiastic foodies, Laurie and I are extremely lucky to live in, or near three great locations with fantastic restaurants – the...

Hurricane Debby on August 5th. Hurricane Helene on September 26th. Hurricane Milton on October 9th. Enough already! This hurricane season...

I love all the seasons, but summer has always been my favorite. Long, seemingly never-ending days with weather suitable for grilling,...