Wilmington Nc To Be The Next Hollywood?

...unconstutional everywhere else. Did I mention North Caorlina has North Carolina judges?

A while back (2002), a black woman ran for mayor of Wilimington. That didn’t sit well with the locals so they assigned a deputy to watch the candidate and every time she came out of a restaurant and got in her car, she was stopped and given a Breathalyzer test.

Without an ongoing beach replenishment project to deposit large amounts of sand on a constantly eroding shoreline, Wrightsville Beach would have ceased to exist. The project is funded by both the federal and state... (more)

Tags: golf, police, hollywood, restaurant

The Heart of a Chef

     “Let’s buy another restaurant,” I said one evening at dinner to my unsuspecting wife – the very same wife who had made me promise, on the day that we had sold our last restaurant, that the next time I got the urge to own a restaurant, I would lie down on the floor until it passed.

     “No,” Lorrie responded.  There was really nothing to discuss.

     So be it.

Vietnamese For Vegeterians

...dating vegeterians, fans of Vietnamese food. This drive was worth it.  For my Westside readers, I would recomend this as a weekend as we know how the lovely 405 can be.

On Beach blvd as you cross McFadden ave, in a strip mall (though that seems to be the description of most restaurants here) you will find a  lovely restaurant who ambiance as ethnic yet elegant (boyfriend yells from the kitchen)  and serene.  The name is, Bo De Tinh Tam Chay. 

The menu was quite thick and contain 100+ dishes of Vietanemese cuisine made from only vegeterian products such as tofu,... (more)

Tags: restaurant

Acorn And The Political Mind, Part 1

...clients. According to the reporting of SourceWatch.org, "EPI's mission is to keep the minimum wage low so Berman's clients can continue to pay their workers as little as possible." Thus, part of EPI's job is to churn an ever present information campaign against ACORN for its clients in the restaurant and bar industry, like Outback Steakhouse." The key line in the above excerpt is that ACORN's attackers, "did not produce any evidence of convictions against ACORN." Now here is part of the core findings in the report; "Although ACORN is involved in many community activities around the... (more)

Tags: new york, journalism, restaurant, education, broowaha, obama

Bigger, Better, Tastier Taste Of Santa Monica

... garden.

This Year’s Participants

Acadie Crepes, Angelato Café, Barney’s Beanery, Beachcomber Café, Bombay Café, Bon Melange Catering, Border Grill & Ciudad Catering, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Buddha’s Belly, Caffe Bellagio, Cezanne Restaurant – Le Merigot Hotel & Spa, Chart House, Chez Jay, Duke’s Malibu, Edible Arrangements, El Cholo Restaurant, Enterprise Fish Co., Farm Fresh To You, FIG Restaurant – Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Gardens of Santa Monica, Hooters, I Cugini Restaurant, Il Fornaio, La Grande Orange, ... (more)

Tags: los angeles, california, environment, music, restaurant, santa monica

A Night To Remember

... upon its glassy surface was enough to make me believe I was a 1000 miles away from the L.A. Basin. Although my love for those stately mountains is always compelling, there was another reason that dominated this particular trip up the mountain. Wine tasting. Yes! Rumor had it that Nottingham's Restaurant and Tavern was hosting a summer evening of wine tasting, dinner and song; and my husband and I couldn't wait to check it out.

We enter Nottingham's--an adventure in itself--to a warm and cozy atmosphere where numerous antiques of historic interest elicit curious conversation. There ... (more)

Tags: california, music, restaurant

The Food Stinks And The Portions Are Too Small

...and a mountain of fries everywhere. Very elegant.

It is owing to my love affair with Steak Frites that I was shocked, dismayed, and, in the end, amused by the events of the evening which I am about to recount. This little drama unfolded in the dining room of my ten-table restaurant in Sarasota, Florida. I guess you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

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“A guy at table ten wants to see you,” said Julie, my best server, in a tone suggesting that it wasn’t about compliments to the chef.

... (more)

Tags: france, restaurant

The Food Stinks And The Portions Are Too Small

... sauce, and a mountain of fries everywhere. Very elegant.

It is owing to my love affair with Steak Frites that I was shocked, dismayed, and, in the end, amused by the events of the evening which I am about to recount. This little drama unfolded in the dining room of my ten-table restaurant in Sarasota, Florida. I guess you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

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“A guy at table ten wants to see you,” said Julie, my best server, in a tone suggesting that it wasn’t about compliments to the chef.

Tags: france, restaurant

So What's In A Corned Beef Sandwich?

..."fix" in what seemed, to me, like ages. I know these days it isn't as trendy or cool to say you need a good kosher meal as it is to "do sushi," but what can I say! I'm a foodie, and I go for what taste's good.

So there we were, dad and I, driving along when we spotted a kosher deli/restaurant that I remember got some pretty decent reviews in Dan's Papers a while back (that's the periodical of choice in the Hamptons for those of you who might be well-meaning yet nonetheless ignorant nouveau riche).

Now, I have to admit, I was a bit hesitant to actually go in this place... (more)

Tags: new york, manhattan, restaurant, broowaha

The Night No One Talked About Real Estate

...their minds these days. They come here to Vermont, ostensibly to immerse themselves in this enchanted land where the hills are alive with the sound of music, and the first thing they ask when they arrive: “How’s the real estate market around here?”

Even in my restaurant, where I have occasion to meet and feed tourists from all over the world, people seem less interested in my food than in my property taxes. Why? Why, why, why?

But Dave and Sally Palmer were different, I decided as Lorrie and I strolled the two blocks home. Here were people... (more)

Tags: medicine, music, restaurant, sex, real estate