L iving in flyover country does have its benefits. You can get to either coast in a matter of hours. A recent weekend in San Francisco, I ...

P osting from the road. In NY, the rain followed me from flyover country. Fortunately that wasn’t the only wet thing in my path.

That's right Marea - not Marfa - not yet T here ain’t too many people I would get out of a warm, dry taxi and go hunt down a shovel ...

P eople love stories. And I’m no exception. I adore a good story, especially from a master storyteller, like my pal Carmen Castorina. I love...

D espite the foul weather (after all, it is January and winter!) this week in NY has been another great week of networking and celebrating a...

It all started with Carmen . Our night with Anthony at Manducatis was so much fun, that I wanted to share the energy of the place with my fr...

After a couple of days at seminars during the recent Vino2010, where along with others I was hosted by the Italian Trade Commission, I notic...

I’ve been thinking (and eating) on this ‘ol blog lately. Last week in NY for the Vino2010 event, myself, along with others in the trade wer...

“You aren’t going to put any of this on your blog, are you?” Those were the words I heard from my friend Carmen Castorina. “No Carmen, not t...