New Orleans is an amazing city. Outstanding food, some of the best cocktails in the States, great live music, beautiful architecture, friendly people — these are just a handful of its many perks. I first visited the Crescent City in May 2004, more than a year before Hurricane Katrina hit…
Interview 62: How To Get To Sesame Street
Anyone who grew up watching the incredibly popular children’s show Sesame Street recognizes the theme tune immediately. Several kids sing the question “Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?” After my latest meal with a stranger, I know the answer. Turns out the puppets…
DC Beer Week
It’s Beer Week in Washington, DC, from August 17-24. Alas, with this site being Dining With Strangers and not Drinking With Strangers, I won’t be writing anything about the celebration. But the festival’s website shows there are a host of beer tastings and other events taking place throughout the week….
Interview 61: My Dinner With Matt Bauman
There’s a pretty straightforward headline for you: today’s update is interview 61, my night out in New York City with actor/realtor/website owner Matt Bauman. Click on the picture above or on this link to read about our dinner at Italian restaurant Locanda Verde in the city’s Tribeca neighborhood. During our…
Out Of Hands We Go
Back in February 2013 I had an enjoyable and interesting lunch with David Rogers-Berry, drummer for the goth country band O’Death. He told me about his love of good music and how he’s focused far more on ensuring the integrity of his band than churning out millions of albums and…
Einstein!
Actor and former dinner interviewee Jack Fry is getting great reviews for his one-man show “Einstein!” in which he plays the eponymous scientist as he describes his push to prove his theory of relativity. Jack and I had dinner one night in December 2009, after I saw his other one-man…