As you may have surmised from my vaguely worded posts recently, I’ve had a rather hectic last six weeks.

First I headed to Istanbul for work, with a quick stop through in Munich for fun on the way back. I stopped over back in DC just in time for restaurant week before heading to Portland for work ( Read more... )

Last week was Restaurant Week here in DC. So as usual, for Restaurant Week, I had several great dining experiences and I want to share!

The goat and I went to Sou’Wester, which I had been wanting to try since it opened. I haven’t made it to Chef Ziebold’s flagship yet, CityZen, because it’s too nice for an everyday dinner and we already had our ( Read more... )

I have made it back from Istanbul and Munich. I had great experiences in both cities ( Read more... )

On Saturday, the goat and I ventured to Tap & Vine in Arlington for lunch. We hadn’t been before but the goat had heard very good things. I’m so glad we went! The food was excellent. We really ordered a TON of food, since it was our first time there, and wouldn’t get so much the next time. But there WILL be a next time because the food was ( Read more... )

So this weekend was a trip to North Carolina with the goat, Luke, missile_envy and the Hufflepuff to attend The World Beer Festival. As one would expect with a road trip with all of us characters, there were lots of memorable moments. I’m sure missile_envy will do a much better job of memorializing them than I will, so I won’t even try other than sketchy moments for me ( Read more... )