Wednesday, September 19, 2007
From Design Within Reach: Pair your favorite chair with your favorite wine. During our Mix or Match Sale, the arrangement is up to you: Match six for a cohesive look or mix six for an eclectic setting. Dining chairs, stools and tables in any combination are 15% off when you buy six or more. Stop [...]
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Metromix has an article about “Chicago alternatives to hot celeb-owned restaurants on the coasts”, such as Justin Timberlake’s Southern Hospitality (it recommends Smoke Daddy for low-key BBQ and down-home cookin’) and suggests Japonais as a substitute for Ashton Kutcher’s Geisha House, which I’m sure offers delights with other ethnically-sensitive names like Mr. Miyagi’s Maki and [...]
Monday, September 17, 2007
It’s already an understatement to call foodies an opinionated, passionate bunch, but there are few things that awaken one’s inner (or more likely, active) snob than by introducing wine or chocolate into a conversation. Many people seem to ally themselves quite firmly with one side of the dark/milk chocolate and red/white wine divide, and it’s [...]
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Over the Rhine, one of my favorite musical groups, has their own coffee blend: This is the coffee we wake up with every morning at Nowhere Farm — specially blended for artists, writers, musicians, day dreamers, and night walkers! This fresh-roasted, organic, fair trade coffee bean blend is inspired by our love of good music, [...]
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Our favorite food and travel raconteur Anthony Bourdain has filmed a holiday episode of No Reservations with rockers Queens of the Stone Age. (I personally would’ve chosen a cooler band like, say, Iggy and the Stooges. But as one astute rollingstone.com reader pointed out, this is “much better than the ill-fated Emeril and King Diamond [...]
