Podcast #2

Earlier this week I put up the first Dining With Strangers podcast, my interview with Joseph Matar in New York City. The interview was back in November 2008, so I decided to call Joe the other day to find out what he’s up to these days. [display_podcast] Click on the…

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Podcast #1

When I launched this site in late 2008, I was too dim to think of the wisdom of making my interviews available in both text and audio form. I realize the dinner interviews are fairly lengthy articles and not everyone is okay with sitting staring at a computer screen for…

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Dessert In A Mug

Back from a long weekend in New Orleans and in desperate need of 1) money, b) the gym and iii) knowledge of whatever happened in the hour after I drank a bucket of frozen mango margarita and quickly turned a little bit simple. While down in the Big Easy, my…

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Another Slice Of Pizza

Remember my interview with Michael Wilkinson & Alicia Wilkinson-Mehr, owners of DC-based Pete’s New Have Style Apizza? No? Then I’m just heartbroken! Through my uncontrollable tears I can manage to type a short note to update on Pete’s, a delicious pizza restaurant that started life in the city’s Columbia Heights…

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Back From The Big Easy

Back from New Orleans, with a fresh interview in tow. Well, the audio of an interview. Now I have to write the article, a task at odds with my general love of procrastination. More on the interview, and the restaurant where it took place, in a week or so. While…

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Where To Dine?

Why do the majority of spam comments on my site center on a debate over the Zune digital music player, or blush-inducing sexual references? Curious. Still, I guess some comments are better than no comments. Some articles on my site get no comments while others get a fair amount, particularly…

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Goin’ Back To New Orleans

Next week I’ll be back in New Orleans for an annual long weekend holiday with a few friends. I am sure I will be sober and behave maturely the entire visit. The cliche about it being impossible to find a good restaurant in the Crescent City is almost true. I’ve…

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Ping Pong Dim Sum

No, that headline isn’t just a random assortment of four words. Ping Pong Dim Sum is the name of a dim sum restaurant in Washington, DC, that I tried for the first time this weekend. Though this site isn’t exactly up there with Zagat for restaurant recommendations, I can happily…

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