Restaurant Review – Il Portico


During the last restaurant week, I suggested to my better half that we meet for lunch. We looked for a restaurant that was about half way between our offices and chose Il Portico. We had been there several times before and I was once again reminded that we […]

Whisky Review – Pebble Beach 12


Most spouses would be alarmed by drinking, smoking or an unusual propensity for meat but not my wife. For Christmas this year, my lovely wife and children presented me with the greatest gift trifecta … single malt whisky, cigars and a can of haggis. The cigars are not […]

Book Review – Boozehound by Jason Wilson


“When I was in school, I’d dreamed of becoming Ernest Hemingway. Now, I travel and drink and write about my traveling and drinking. Close enough, I guess – though likely closer to the paunchy, boozy, crazy late Hemingway than the younger, dashing one who ran with bulls.” – […]