Hilarious update headline to go with the fact that a bout with appendicitis last week left me in surgery and having to cancel my planned trip to England. But rest assured now that the evil appendix has been removed from my body, I’m on the road to recovery and will…
Eating At Eatonville
In case you were wondering, I’m hoping to have another dinner — this time with video! — written up before I head back to England for a brief holiday next week. If you weren’t wondering, then I think you’re terribly rude. Meanwhile, some friends and I went for dinner at…
Interview 8: New York, New York
Hmm, that was quite some time since the last update. Let’s get straight to business. Click on the picture above to read the latest dinner with stranger, this time with Gretchen Auer. The lady loves New York.
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler
Hello, you! Long time no see. How have you been? Good? Good. What have I been up to recently? How nice of you to ask. Well, I recently had dinner at Potenza in Washington, DC. It’s a huge place with an on-site bakery, a good range of Italian dishes on…
Interview 7: Learning About Lynda
Time for another dinner interview article? Yes it is! Click here to read about my recent trip to Brooklyn and my dinner with stranger Lynda Eselp. Or don’t click. It’s your choice. Really, don’t feel pressured. But that link to the article is feeling awfully sad today and a click…
Taverna Time!
Recently I went with a large group of friends to one of my favorite restaurants, Taverna Cretekou in Old Town, Alexandria. Highly recommended, especially on a Thursday night when they have live music and dancing. The food is consistently excellent, the house wine is surprisingly tasty (and cheap, bonus) and…
Interview 6: Clowning Around
At last, the sixth dinner with a stranger. During a recent trip to Santa Monica I sat down for burgers with a very pleasant man named Diego Barquinero. Some people may know him better as VeeKay the Clown. Read my interview with Diego/VeeKay to find out about his life in…
More From Margarita
In New York last weekend, I was able to reunite with Margarita Pracatan — a previous Dining With Strangers interviewee — and she was kind enough to record this video: To find out more about this Cuban singing sensation, read my dinner interview with her from December, including videos of…
Back In The New York Groove
Back from a brief weekend visit to New York City and two new dinners with strangers. All right, I’m not being entirely truthful because one of them was a brunch. More on the interviews in a later update. While in Manhattan I also got to meet up again with a…
Tabard Inn Impressions
Saturday night I had dinner at Washington DC’s Tabard Inn to celebrate a friend’s birthday. The lounge where we had pre-dinner drinks was about 100 degrees too warm and looked like a ski lodge, and their version of a rum runner was strong but, while I love strong drinks, it…