Interviewing strangers over a meal since 2008 (as featured in the Washington Post)
Following on from my recent post about DC-based steak frites restaurant Medium Rare delivering free steak dinners for seniors during the coronavirus, their kind campaign could now use a helping hand. Company co-founded Mark Bucher has launched a GoFundMe campaign with an ambitious $250,000 goal for funds that will be…
Here’s the 54th Throwback Thursday — my March 2014 dinner with DC-based actor Jeffrey Johnson at Ted’s Bulletin. He talked about his act Special Agent Galactica, performing as a hired female assassin in a hot pink wig who travels through space and time — while performing musical revues at clubs…
Jazz musician Aaron, featured on this site as the 52nd dining stranger, now has a weekly radio show on WPFW called Jazz Stories, along with co-host and fellow musician Amy Bormet. The show features the duo interviewing others artists and activists, all to the tune of a DC jazz-focused playlist….
My publishing schedule has been thrown for a bit of a loop due to coronavirus and switching to doing the day reporting job entirely from home, but there are three new interviews on the way, with the next either late this week or early next week. For today, here’s the…
Here’s a much-needed good news story: DC-based steak frites restaurant Medium Rare is offering free dinners to people aged over 70 in the District who are self-quarantining as a result of the coronavirus. “The meal consists of steak, fries, salad, bread and desert free of charge during this pandemic,” according…
The 52nd Throwback Thursday took place in January 2014, when I met jazz musician Aaron Myers for dinner. Over a pleasant meal at (now closed) Mediterranean Spot on U Street in Washington, DC, Aaron shared how he turned a childhood love of music into a full-time career. He’s a wonderful…
Netflix has released a new limited run documentary series, “The Pharmacist,” which starts with a father’s attempt to solve his son’s murder and evolves into a critique of Purdue Pharma and the OxyContin opioid crisis in the United States. Among those interviewed in the documentary is New Orleans Dr. Brobson…
The 51st Throwback Thursday is my November 2013 dinner with actor Richard Kiel, best known his role as the menacing metal-mouthed bad guy Jaws in two Roger Moore James Bond movies. At 7 feet and 1-and-a-half inches tall he was an imposing figure but incredibly friendly and eager to talk…
It’s very short notice but the highly entertaining drag singer-songwriter Matt Yee is returning to New York City to perform for one night only on Friday March 6. He’ll be bringing his truly unique show to The Triad at 9.30pm, and tickets are either $25 bought in advance via the…
I could almost cut-and-paste a blog post on this topic from last year, but the fantastic Creole restaurant Brigtsen’s in New Orleans has once again been nominated for a James Beard Foundation award. For 2020 the venue is up for the Outstanding Hospitality award, and after several visits to the…