by Brian | Sep 17, 2013 | News
I live in Tribeca, now famous and trendy. I moved here 26 years ago when it was gritty and isolated. I could walk out at 10PM and be the only person on the street. Life does change and my neighborhood most definitely has. If you wander out at 2AM the streets here are...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2013 | News
Like everyone, I am good at some things and not at others. My “not” list bothers me. I have spent decades trying to learn French. Beyond “oui” I am just a “non.” And there’s wine and wine paring. I’ve gone to classes, read, red and white, sipped, spit and gotten ever...
by Brian | Sep 12, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It was early afternoon and, although I was not feeling ill, I was preparing a precautionary medication. “Bit early?” Suzen gave me a loving glare. “It’s medicine,” I explained with utmost patience. How can she be married to me for so long and not...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
“It looks like Fanta,” Suzen said. I was noble about it. Not crestfallen. Not angry. “Taste it,” I encouraged her. “This is good!” she said with surprise. “That’s why I went out,” I said. “Grapefruit vodka.” “I thought you’d always make your own?” she was puzzled....
by Brian | Sep 7, 2013 | News
A couple of months ago, Suzen and I took a weekend and paid our first visit to the Finger Lakes. It’s an area everyone hears about but I just had no idea what to expect. It’s a lovely, expansive land that, it turns out, is not north of us in the Catskills, just...
