Before Ken’s high school reunion in Chicago, we went to dinner with some of his friends from high school at La Madia, a pizzeria in River North. His friends had been before and knew exactly what to order – we started with the pizza fondue: The pizza dough is baked and puffed up and served [...]
For Benny’s birthday on Wednesday, we were going to meet up for lunch but our team has a weekly lunch on Tuesdays/Wednesdays so Baxter, Christine and I couldn’t miss it. Instead, we decided to meet up for dessert (on a VERY very cold day). Initially I suggested Eataly but Benny was in the mood for [...]
We started our Thanksgiving celebrations the first weekend in November this year. Ken and I hosted my third annual NYC Friendsgiving potluck at our apartment and it turned out to be a huge success. We had a ton of food and great company and it was our first party in our apartment. Photos from our [...]
The night before we headed back to New York, I wanted to try some local San Francisco ice cream. When I was organizing a social event a while back, I ordered ice cream sandwiches from It’s It but I actually wanted to order foie gras ice cream sandwiches from Humphry Slocombe. My friend Cliff told [...]
Two weekends ago, I made a very quick trip to San Francisco to visit some friends and family. When I arrived in San Francisco, I hopped on the Cal Train, met up with my friend Cliff at the Palo Alto station, and went to Calafia, the restaurant started by the Google Chef. The restaurant is [...]
