Hunt and sip
Monday, January 7th, 2013 Posted in In print/published, Travel, Wild animals and places, Wine | No Comments »A year ago this month, I had the honor of mingling with some smart and scrappy hounds and horses—and the tweed-wearing riders—at a fox hunt near Landrum, South Carolina. This part of the Upstate is great for antiques' shopping and ...
Schooner sunset
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in In print/published, Maine days, Travel, Wine | No Comments »"Everyone is washed over in the end-of-the-day amber sunlight." Check out the latest cover of Maine magazine (May 2012)... a Peter Frank Edwards' shot on the Schooner Olad out of Camden. We'd gone out on a sunset sail with Captain Aaron ...
Fat lemons, rustic pasta and tiny clams on the Mediterranean Sea
Saturday, June 26th, 2010 Posted in Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »Just back from the ferry boats, footpaths and winding roads of Capri, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello… The mountains on the Amalfi Coast rise right up out of the sea, and the towns are built into them, terraced and layered in the ...
Greenville, SC by the glass (and plate)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Food, In print/published, Travel, Wine | No Comments »Just out in the December issue of Charleston Magazine, I've got a travel story about leafy Greenville, South Carolina. A few paragraphs... After an almost four-hour drive and nearly 1,000-foot rise in elevation, I had my nose in a long-stemmed glass ...
Green days, Campari nights
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »Typically I’m not much of a lush, but last weekend I got pretty well intoxicated by Greenville, South Carolina. The premise was an assignment about the city's food scene, and we spent the better part of two days along the ...
Earlier this week at Chez Paul à Paris
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Art, Craft, Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »Carafes of Bordeaux and water on the table, then the escargot in a hot ceramic croc with its handle missing; a basket of bread that we'd tear into pieces to push into the little snail cups to soak up the ...
West meets South
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Food, In print/published, Travel, Wine | No Comments »My travel piece about the Seattle food scene earned a headline on the cover of this month's Charleston Magazine. The cover image is by Peter Frank Edwards, who besides shooting the Seattle piece and wine piece, below, has ...
One for the Road
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Travel, Wine | No Comments »Also in the June issue of Charleston Magazine is a short article about an afternoon spent in Sonoma County last year, when we talked our way into a private barrel tasting at Fritz Winery, with advance help from friends in ...