Confessions of a Would-be Gourmand and Jetsetter

I’d like to take a minute – just sit right there – and tell you how… much I love coffee.
First, let me tell you about my home set-up. As an avid (and somewhat crazed) coffee drinker, I have multiple options available to me. I buy only whole-bean coffee, and while I have yet to go [...]

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I have a love/hate relationship with Mercy Wine Bar in Addison.
To be fair, it’s probably not their fault. Addison carries with it the same pretention that uptown now does, but the city does it with broad strokes and deft swoops, like those of a master painter. It attracts the “thirty thousand dollar millionaires” like no [...]

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Last week I bummed around San Francisco for a bit with friends, and while it was fun, one of the big things I wanted to was head out to Sonoma County and torment the tasting room managers there. I think this was accomplished spectacularly during our visit to the Russian River area.
I started with no [...]

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McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, Downtown Austin
Over the weekend my girlfriend and I took a short trek down to Austin from our homes here in the Dallas area to listen to my cousin’s senior recital. Given how I operate, I wasn’t terribly interested in driving down Sunday morning, then driving back Sunday evening, so I [...]

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I met a nice young woman for wine last night at Mercy Wine Bar in Addison, and gave a couple of new wines a twirl around the old mouth.
For those who don’t know, I should preface this by saying I am generally a fan of drier wines. I like the mouth feel and the evaporation [...]

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What makes a good vacation? Well, in my opinion there has to be some amount of exploration, good food, and good drink.
That made last Thursday’s and last Friday’s tour around the Loudoun Wine Trail in Loudoun County, Virginia, west of Washington, D.C. a pretty good way to start a vacation. My friends Chris and [...]

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