Jazz is one of the things New Orleans is best known for. But when I visited the city in August 2009, I found myself at lunch not with a jazz musician. Instead, I broke bread with rock and roll musician Buzzy “Beano” Langford, a member of New Orleans-based cover band…
Top Marks For Ted’s Bulletin
I might have a new favorite restaurant in Washington. Ted’s Bulletin serves basic but well done American fare like meatloaf, fried chicken and — oh, who am I kidding? I’m fond of their food, but I think I’m embarking on a passionate romance with the restaurant’s alcohol-fueled milkshakes. I could…
Insert Social Media Buzzwords Here
A very sparse update that is a sad cry for attention. I have little knowledge about what to do with so-called social media. My personal Facebook page mostly involves embarrassing photos from nights out or friend posting puns, cat-related news articles and stories about the Queen of England. However, in…
Podcast #24
Earlier this week, Jerry Gandolfo of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum kindly shared a few minutes of his time to update me on his life in the two years since we ate together in New Orleans at the decades-old Court of Two Sisters restaurant. [display_podcast] Click on the player…
Lauding Lincoln (Somewhat)
Last Friday night is the name of a tolerable Katy Perry song. It’s also the time that I sat down to dinner with my friend Patrick at DC restaurant Lincoln. The place serves “small” plates of American dishes like chicken pot pie, soft shell crab, lobster beignets and New York…
Podcast #23
Today’s podcast is of my interview in August 2009 with Jerry Gandolfo, curator of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. [display_podcast] During dinner in the city’s French Quarter I learned about Jerry’s life story, which includes a stint in the military before he returned to his beloved hometown of New…
Podcast #22
I had to call another country for today’s Where Are They Now? [display_podcast] Photographer Lars Stephan is an utterly likable fellow, as I learned when he and I shared supper in Brooklyn two years ago. What has Lars been doing since the interview? Your curiosity can be sated by listening to the…
Podcast #21
Since moving across the Atlantic, I’ve been delighted by the number of public holidays Americans get to enjoy. So it was that yesterday I had Monday to myself thanks to the Labor Day holiday. I should have been productive with my time off and cleaned the house, maybe gone for…
Interview 35: Hitting The Jackpot
Jason Ryan has it pretty good right now with a new child, renovated house and decent feedback to a book he wrote about pot smugglers in South Carolina. It was Jason’s book “Jackpot” that acted as the catalyst for the two of us getting dinner on a Saturday night during…
Podcast #20
Good things come to those who wait. At least, that’s the saying. Maybe my inherent impatience is the reason why the number of good things coming my way tends to be somewhat teeny. Regardless, actor Cecil Baldwin is an incredibly patient man. [display_podcast] In my interview with Cecil back in…