Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

A few weeks ago reporter Perry Stein of the Washington City Paper called to interview me about Dining With Strangers. She took my blather and turned it into a pretty nice piece which was published online last week. Pros of the article: Perry was able to take 15 minutes of…

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I’m Walking To New Orleans

All right, I’m not really walking to New Orleans, that would be ludicrous. However, I am flying down there for Memorial Day weekend and will be in the city from Friday May 23 through Tuesday May 27. I’m eager to interview anyone who lives in the city and is interested…

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Sea Cruise

Every time I hear the words “sea cruise” I can’t help but think of the Huey Smith song. If you’re not familiar with it, click here and have a listen. Anyway, I’ve had enough of the record-low cold temperatures in Washington, so I’m going to get on a cruise and…

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Return Of The Sporadic Update

Well this site has certainly not achieved anything resembling regular updates this year. Whoops. Efforts to correct that are underway, with a possible interview this weekend in Chicago and a definite interview later this month in New Orleans. If you live in either city and are interested in an interview,…

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The Windy City

I’m kind of obsessed with the New Orleans-set 1980s movie The Big Easy, featuring Dennis Quaid as a cop with an atrociously stereotypical N’awlins accent (think lots of use of the word “cher” to end every sentence, for example). So I was surprised to read online that it was originally…

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New Year’s Resolutions

A new year has started and my resolutions success rate is already spotty at best. I’ve already done one dinner interview in 2013, part of what I hope will be a fulfilled goal of completing more than the five interviews from 2012. But I’ve also not started on transcribing it…

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East Coast Travels

A quick update on my travel plans — Philadelphia and New York City are now on the list for weekend trips in October. I’ll be in the City of Brotherly Love Oct. 6-7 and the Big Apple Oct. 13-14. I also like using city nicknames, apparently. If you live in…

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Visiting The Golden State

In late October and early November I’ll be in California — Los Angeles, specifically — for a couple of days. Check out my travel plans page for more information. If you live out there and are interested in doing a dinner interview, please get in touch. Also, in terms of…

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Made In England

My travel plans within the United States are a little uncertain for the rest of the year — potentially a trip to Los Angeles in October/November, so as always I’d be interested to hear from people in the City of Angels who are up for an interview. However, I’ll be…

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Summer In The Sunshine State

The travel plans page has been updated to include an upcoming trip I’m taking in July to Florida. I’ll be in Miami from July 18-20 and Key West from July 20-22. If you live in either place and want to sit down to dinner for an interview, please get in…

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