In May 2009 I had lunch with Mike Wilkinson and Alicia Wilkinson-Mehr, owners of the DC-based pizzeria Pete’s Apizza. Why am I only now getting round to putting up a podcast of the interview? Good question. [display_podcast] Let me evade your inquiries, random website visitor, and instead urge you to…
Zesty Sunday
Had brunch today at Zest, a new restaurant in DC’s Eastern Market neighborhood. In terms of appearance, it’s a very peppy (zesty, perhaps?) place, with plenty of natural light and an upbeat soundtrack of pop tunes playing at a respectable level in the background. But that’s about as far as…
Podcast #16
Every Friday after I upload a podcast interview I’ve been following up with a briefer Where Are They Now? update in which I call the interviewee to find out what they’ve been up to since they sat down to a meal with me. Until now. [display_podcast] Slight problem getting an…
Podcast #15
New York, New York, it’s a hell of a town. [display_podcast] So thinks Gretchen Auer. My eighth interviewee, Gretchen was born in a small town in Ohio and for years longed to move to Manhattan. As I found out when we sat down to brunch in New York back in…
Interview 34: Man On Wire
Today’s interview is with Florida-based funambulist Will Soto. Will has lived in Key West for 30 years. Five nights a week he heads down to the Mallory Square pier to perform a show for tourists that involves juggling, jokes and finale of tightrope walking without any safety nets below. Click…
Interview 33: Dancing With Myself
I had to put on my dancing shoes for my 33rd dinner interview with a stranger. Problem with that plan is that I have two left feet. Nevertheless Julia Kulakova took pity on me as she gave me a crash-course in learning the art of gypsy dance at her weekly…
My Own Private Island
Although I recently wrote a summary of restaurants I tried in Key West, I had to dedicate a post solely to my favorite dining spot in the Conch Republic. For my 31st birthday I decided to push the boat out literally and figuratively by having dinner at Latitudes, a fine…
Key West Restaurant Roundup
During my holiday in Key West I was pleasantly surprised by the variety and quality of the various dining options on the island. I was on holiday with my housemate and both he and I had nothing but good things to say about our eating experiences while down there. Here’s…
Back From Key West
Safely returned from Key West and only slightly sunburned. All right, a lot sunburned. That’s what you get when you stick a pasty British man in the beautiful Florida sunshine. I was able to do an interview while down South, finding time to sit down to lunch with a stranger…
Interview 32: A Vegan’s Views
That creation above is a 100% vegan fake meat melt. Although I’m a carnivore, I took Katelyn Sornik up on the offer to go out for a vegan meal for my latest interview. She’s relatively new to the vegan lifestyle and uses her blog to write about the adjustment, new…