We’ve actually added a seventh stop to the bar crawl to launch The Year of Drinking Adventurously this Saturday, Nov. 21. The first half of the day will have a little more breathing room to accommodate the 7 pm opening of new addition, The Experimental Cocktail Club on the Lower East Side. I’ll be meeting, greeting and…
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Cool Upcoming Online Event: World Food Travel Summit
Received a heads-up from the World Food Travel Association about its upcoming Online Food Travel Summit. Seems like a cool event for the culinary travel industry and it’s pretty affordable…. Today the World Food Travel Association (WFTA), the world’s leading authority on food and drink tourism, announced the world’s first 100%Online Food Travel Summit. Eight individual…
Izakaya Redux
Sometimes my writing gets published in other places. I’m very proud to have a story in the current issue of Draft magazine. And I’m over the moon by the fact that it’s on one of my passion subjects, Izakayas. The piece is specific to the Japanese bars in New York City, so if you live…
The Conspiracy of the Go-Nowheres: One Traveler’s Rant
I recently had an epiphany that there’s a vicious conspiracy among infrequent travelers to get those who actually enjoy exploring the world to curtail or completely cease their journeying. According to the International Trade Association and U.S. Commerce Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration somewhere between 15 and 20 percent of the U.S. population left the…
Bluegrass State of Mind: Part 3
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of my three-part Kentucky Adventure. Click the numbers for parts 1 and 2. Part 3: Urban Bourbon and Off-the-Beaten-Path Beer For the more serious drinking part of the Kentucky drinking trip, I was eager to explore the Urban Bourbon Trail, a loose confederation of watering holes promoted by…
Bluegrass State of Mind: Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second of three parts recounting my recent adventure into bourbon country. For part 1, click here. Part 2: Where the Buffalo Roam (and we drink) The allure of things small and intimate should not deter travelers from visiting a truly sprawling distillery operation—the, well, operative word being “operation.” Interestingly, the…
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