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…
Podcast #14
Following on from Tuesday’s podcast reliving my interview from 2009 with single mother Lynda Eselp, today you can find out what she’s been doing since she sat down with me for a late-night meal in Brooklyn. Note: The podcast is currently unavailable Look for a new interview coming on Monday….
Podcast #13
Ooh, number 13, unlucky for some. Lynda Eselp might have felt unlucky in May 2009 given that she had to spend an evening in Brooklyn sitting across from me and listening to me firing questions at her while scarfing down my dinner. But if she was feeling that way she…
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
It took six years, but I finally found outstanding Italian food in DC. I don’t just mean the occasional tasty dish. I’m talking about top-notch, consistently great food from the appetizers through to the dessert, with a great menu to choose from. The place is Al Tiramisu in Washington’s Dupont…
Podcast #12
Back under the big top for today’s Where Are They Now? interview. The other day I called Diego Barquinero, better known as VeeKay the Clown, to ask him what he’s been doing since the night in March 2009 when he and I sat down to a meal of burgers in…