Dining
It’s Brithday Week on my wine blog, celebrating five years by giving away a $50 Wine.com gift card. And, since it is a milestone, a wine review as a short story, complete wit[...]
14 Nov 2012
The LH Branding Committee has scheduled another food truck event, this time for the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They’re calling it LHGoodEats, and they hope you’ll bring all your [...]
12 Nov 2012
Sometimes, one forgets old friends. Not intentionally, of course, but because of the press of business and the rush of life. There are new wines to try and more posts to write, and[...]
07 Nov 2012
Lake Highlands resident and local celebrity chef Brian C. Luscher — of the Grape restaurant and Post Oak Red Hot hot dog fame — recently has lent his creativity and skill to a very[...]
06 Nov 2012
The slow-food kitchen is set to open this month. Gina Paterno Villalobos plans to open Gina’s Organic Kitchen this month in the former Zac’s Café/ John’s Café spot at 10870 Plano. [...]
04 Nov 2012
White Rock Local Market, Saturday, Nov. 3, presents Love Your Farmer Day. In addition to the regular farmers market that takes place the second and fourth Saturdays of the month [...]
31 Oct 2012
I practically gushed about this wine during my recent chat with Robert Hall winemaker Don Brady, the native Texas turned top California winemaker. This is the kind of California wi[...]
31 Oct 2012
No, it’s not in the neighborhood, but it’s close enough for a 15-minute road trip if you’re looking to try a new place. Hopdoddy Burger Bar is an Austin transplan[...]
28 Oct 2012
The holidays are the best wine time of the year, when even people who don’t drink wine figure it’s OK to have a glass or two. And, perhaps, if they enjoy that glass or two, they’ll[...]
25 Oct 2012
Last week’s discussion about the book “Grape-a-hol” made me wonder: Do I do enough to find $10 wine that doesn’t taste like grape juice with alcohol? Are th[...]
24 Oct 2012
When you’ve worked several years of your life as a server/bartender in a number of restaurants and bars making $2.13 per hour and relying solely on tips for income, you know how to[...]
22 Oct 2012
If you attended the State Fair of Texas over the weekend, you saw the enormous crowds. Some were probably there to memorialize Big Tex, but it looks as if just about everyone found[...]
22 Oct 2012
