Yesterday I closed a pretty huge chapter in my life and opened up an even bigger one. It’s the kind of day I live for. Leave something totally awesome and jump into the complete unknown because you have a feeling, in your soul, that it’s more awesome where you’ll land. You know I...
Ahhhh Bali, what a beautiful place to be with friends. It was our first beach port in a while. A bunch of us decided to head to the Ramacandidasa Resort and Spa about 15 minutes away. It was perfect, it had a pool, the beach, a restaurant and it was a perfect sunny day. We got some color and a few...
This is probably the most real time post I have done to date. I just landed in San Jose California. I was hungry. I went straight to In ‘N Out and wacked down this Double-Double, Fries and a Coke. Yes a coke! I don’t even drink that stuff. Super indulgence. Since I am still on NY time...
I got back from the ship in July and came home to a summons for Jury duty in my stack of mail. Oops! I called and they told me to come in Monday. This is a very long day of pure boredom, as most of you know who have gone through this process, and when we braked for lunch I thought I should treat...
The best Cuban Sandwich EVER!!! When I lived consistently in New York (before the ship job) one of my favorite things to do on a Saturday afternoon is go to Café Habana and get myself a Cuban Corn and Cuban Sandwich. Since I’m home from the ship my housemate Laura and I decided, why wait until...
Tallinn was the one place on the itinerary that I have never heard of. I had no idea what to expect. It’s a nice little city with a population just over 400K. We went on a hop-on-hop-off bus tour of the town. We saw a lot of sights and we saw a lot of Hesburger joints. Hesburger is the McDonalds...
Last Saturday I went on a mission. The mission was to eat as much as I could inside 2 hours at Citifield, the new Mets stadium. I have to acknowledge a few things before I get into the meat and po….well….this will be mostly meat. First, the inspiration for the mission came from an old...
This sandwich started many years ago when I was about 17 years old. It gained super stardom by Jimmy Bruccalari, one of Ant’s oldest friends. Jimmy came over the house one afternoon and explained to Ant, my parents and me that he had been frequenting a new market in town. Verelli’s was...
This past Saturday, as I headed to my nephew’s 4th birthday party in LI, I had to make a quick stop in Sheepshead Bay. I know, not quite the most direct route to the north shore of LI, but it had to be done. Think of it as Richard Dryfuss’ mashed potato sculpture and subsequent journey...
Last week I spent some time in Austin at my first SXSW conference. Although it was filled with networking, film, dev geeks and some amazing parties, I am going to focus on the best bbq in Austin for this post. In Texas the ‘que is nothing to sniffle at and you can pretty much bank on it...
It takes forever to get a reservation and it takes 3 hrs to eat once you do get one. My friend Aimee scored one this week and lucky for me her husband Eric was fishing in the keyes. I accepted teh invite and we took a 4 hour hiatus from the world to duck into the thin, dark bar that is Momofuku Ko....
Mortadella, soppressata, provolone, lettuce, tomato, oil and vinegar. That is the V&S Special. There may not be a better sandwich in all of South Florida or, dare I say, Brooklyn. I know, I know very bold words. Well, let me explain. These guys are Italians from up north. They get it. They lived...
My friend Jen and I decided we needed to get in one last Lugar burger before the end of the year. So, on this chilly day in November we made the trip from 18th and 6th to Williamsburg Brooklyn. The restaurant was filled with an eclectic mix of tourists, Italian heavies, locals(no hipsters) and a few...
To see the above weapon in action click here. To see it in slow mo, click here. Although it sounds like it could be part of the former Soviet block, the New World Buffet, could not be farther from a cold war remnant. Billed as the largest buffet in Las Vegas, The World Buffet sits inside the Rio...
