Tag Archives: Methode Champagne

A New Italian Restaurant

I don’t know if you are like me, but I tend to read articles in the newspapers and in the slick paper magazines about new restaurants and trends.  I guess I am old fashioned, and by now you know that, … Continue reading

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The Root in White Lake

The Root Restaurant & Bar is the last of the Restaurant of the Year establishments that I have been to, but missed writing about. The only reason is that there was not a memento that had reminded me about the … Continue reading

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I Made it to Sixty – Dinner at Marais (Part One)

Everyone is telling me that “sixty is the new forty” and that is fine, but I don’t feel any different. My hairline may have receded and as I like to say about my waist “that my horizons have expanded,” but … Continue reading

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A Query from a Reader

A while back I received an inquiry about a couple of bottles of wine that were discovered in the basement of a house, while the house was getting a thorough cleaning out.   Two bottles of sparkling wine were found on … Continue reading

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