“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool.” – Almost Famous  The Wednesday...

Whenever I visit Texas, which isn’t often enough, my to-do list includes enjoying a healthy dose of queso and consuming my fair share of...

Yellow Dog Eats is a bistro and wine store in the town of Gotha, Fla. That won’t mean much to most people, and it didn’t mean a whole lot...

Founded in 1905, Columbia Restaurant holds the title as the oldest restaurant in Florida. It first emerged in Tampa’s Ybor City, but over...

Venice is a rather small island, so if you are there for more than one day then you simply must visit the surrounding islands. A 24-hour,...

La Caravella in Venice seemed to fall into my pathway. Like many first encounters I was drawn in by its appearance. It was hard not to...

I have long had a desire to go to Venice, but deciding to make it happen this year was as easy as picking up National Geographic...

Someone in Rome told me that when I got to Venice I absolutely must try the spritz. It was a pretty simple directive, so I set out to...

When most people think about a gondola ride they picture a romantic trip down Venice’s historic canals with their significant other. I...

Florence just wasn’t my city. I wanted to love it, but we didn’t click. Honestly, I was surprised, because it is good on paper and had...

If you are eating all your meals by the tourist sites then chances are you are paying ridiculously high prices and getting subpar food....

“Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.” – Johann Wolfgang von...

Rome is one of the most photogenic cities I have visited. It is a living museum with a rich history that is juxtaposed with a modern city...

l think Ernest Hemingway and I could have been friends. I have visited several bars he use to frequent, and I have been a fan of all of...

I had my own Anthony Bourdain style layover in London compliments of the airline screwing up my flight. Luckily, London is far from being...

It is hard to believe that this time last year I was deeply immersed in preparing for Oktoberfest in Munich. (And by preparing I mean...

Effective July 1, 2012 California restaurants and gourmet grocery stores are no longer able to sell foie gras. The statewide ban now...

I have wanted to go to Smuggler’s Cove for as long as I could remember, but for whatever reason it never seemed to work out when I tried...

When you take the ferry to Alameda, Calif. it drops you off in the equivalent of a wasteland. Remnants of the former Naval Air Station...

At 7×7 San Francisco is the perfect walking city – albeit very hilly. I try to take advantage of it every chance I get, and also use it...