Interviewing strangers over a meal since 2008 (as featured in the Washington Post)
Sad news out of New York City: former Mayor Ed Koch has died. In October 2011, I spent an hour or so with Mr. Koch in his corner-room office at the law firm where he worked each day. We shared coffee and cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery, and I quizzed him…
Earlier this month I was back in England to visit my family. On the way back to the States, I managed to sneak in a dinner with singer and songwriter Lorraine Bowen. Lorraine is a charming, funny and outgoing woman who writes quirky songs about offbeat subjects, including what goes…
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…
Merry Christmas to this site’s handful of readers! I’m flying back to England for the holidays and won’t be updating Dining With Strangers until early next year. So you can stop feverishly clicking “refresh” in the hope that a new interview will suddenly appear. That’s my festive gift to you….
A few months ago I mentioned a fundraising project for “Good Taste & Gatherings,” a web-based documentary series bringing people who like good food together to share a meal. Sadly, the organizers never reached their target. However, they pushed ahead with the project and yesterday released the first pilot video…
2012 was what I will generously describe as a year of sporadic updates for Dining With Strangers. I went several months between some interviews. Despite the infrequent articles, it was an interesting year and I got to meet some people and learn about careers I’d never otherwise have experienced. Presented…
Woohoo, a new interview is finally online! The last interview I posted was in July, so let’s just say I’ve been slow-walking my efforts with this website. After all, it’s not my day job and taking people out to dinner can get expensive. But enough of that, on with the…
I launched Dining With Strangers four years ago today. Back then I had precisely zero interviews planned other a lunch with my friend Joe, where we came up with the idea for the site. At least, I’m going to claim I was 95% of the inspiration for site, he just…
Another excuse to make an old article relevant! Yay! In February last year I had dinner with Michael Krebs and Debra Ann Miller, who make a living acting as Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd. They were fantastic company, and both had interesting stories about their careers on stage….
A quick plug for Jim Piddock — my second ever dining interview, lucky man — who stars in a one-off comedy special called What About Dick? alongside Tim Curry, Eric Idle, Tracey Ullman and a bunch of other famous types. You can download the show for $6 at its official…