Doesn’t everyone who wants to be incognito wear dark sunglasses?  All those movie stars that go around in floppy hats and sunglasses trying not to be seen are my idols.  No?  Okay, maybe not.  But haven’t you heard that the Surgeon General has advised everyone to wear sunscreen and sunglasses to minimize the amount of [...]

It’s funny how every day, at the end of the day, dinner happens.  Or at least, food gets consumed – I’ll leave it up to you whether you define it as “dinner.”  But regardless of what you call it, the meal at the end of the day can be utilitarian or you can make it [...]

Saint Patrick’s Day is tomorrow – a day traditionally resplendent with green this and thats, and maybe most well-known – beer.  Bars will be tinting their drafts green (though really, who does want to drink green beer, and doesn’t it make your teeth green???) and there is the famous example of Chicago coloring the river [...]

I’ve recently been travelling around the western regions of New York and have really been liking what I’ve seen!  I found myself in Ember Woodfired Grill in Rochester, NY and I’ve got to say, I felt a bit, well, lonely. Really – can’t you take pity on me and take me home? I’m not above [...]

Since 1992 when the benefits of red wine were first touted, the French have been in the spotlight when it comes to whether drinking red wine really makes a difference in your heart health.  They eat a lot of cheese and other fatty (but amazingly tasty) foods, and yet have a low rate of heart [...]