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GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES & LIVING ROOM

The cafe is all for the good. Good deeds. Good coffee. Good treats. Good place to be. According to head baker Nate Larson, the cafe’s backstory involves his dad, Barry Larson—the founder of Bridges, an organization providing support services to people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Seems Barry bought a used coffee roaster for a […]

Posted 09 January 2015 § BEVERAGES § BREAKFAST § COFFEE § COOKIES § DESSERTS § MISSOURI § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off on GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES & LIVING ROOM ° Tagged: , , , ,

FORT LAUDERDALE, LOBSTER OMELET, RUM RUNNER COCKTAIL

Remember the Fort Lauderdale of spring break madness—-with paradise lost to swarms of college students hoarding the town? Well hallelujah, today the spring-break kids go elsewhere, leaving Fort Lauderdale’s delights to locals and tourists wanting a comfortable, non-crowded, spring, winter, or anytime warm-weather break. What does the Greater Fort Lauderdale area offer visitors? Easy answer: […]

Posted 04 January 2015 § ACCOMMODATIONS § BEACH § BREAKFAST § DRINKS § ENTREES § FLORIDA § FORT LAUDERDALE § ISLANDS § MUSEUMS § RECIPES § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § SPAS § TRAVEL § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on FORT LAUDERDALE, LOBSTER OMELET, RUM RUNNER COCKTAIL ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

WHERE TO EAT IN GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE

It’s only natural that Sweet Leisure asked Deborah Hartz-Seeley to suggest places tourists would like to eat when visiting Greater Fort Lauderdale. Debby knows all about South Florida’s unique cuisine. After all, she spent over 20 years as the prize-winning food editor for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. That’s a Tribune Co. newspaper serving the greater Fort […]

Posted 23 December 2014 § FLORIDA § FORT LAUDERDALE § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on WHERE TO EAT IN GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

PARADISE COVE MALIBU CALIFORNIA

Nice is a word that applies. Easy-going too, and comfortably uncrowded (except on gorgeous-weather weekends and holidays). In fact, Paradise Cove on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, just might be the best-kept-secret sunshine place for L.A. families and friends to enjoy a beach/cafe experience without the razzle, dazzle hoopla of Hollywood or a touristy […]

Posted 06 December 2014 § APPETIZERS § BARS § BEACH § BEVERAGES § CALIFORNIA § CONDIMENTS § LOS ANGELES § MALIBU § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SALADS § SAUCES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on PARADISE COVE MALIBU CALIFORNIA ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

WORLD’S BEST BEER BARS BY BILL YENNE

Bill Yenne has been writing about beer for a quarter century and is among the world’s leading authorities on beer and brewing history. Then again, he’s an authority on many topics, having contributed to encyclopedias of both world wars as well as having authored more than three dozen non-fiction books with topics ranging from aviation to biography (Julius […]

Posted 24 November 2014 § BARS § BEER § BELGIUM § BEVERAGES § BOOKS § BRUGGE § CALIFORNIA § CZECH REPUBLIC § DRINKS § GERMANY § HAWAII § MUNICH § SAN FRANCISCO § TRAVEL § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on WORLD’S BEST BEER BARS BY BILL YENNE ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

BEST EVER CARAMEL APPLE PIE

What can one say about apple pie? Carl Sagan said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Eugene Field said, “But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.” Jane Austen said, “Good […]

Posted 14 November 2014 § DESSERTS § PIES § RECIPES § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on BEST EVER CARAMEL APPLE PIE ° Tagged: , ,

THE BERLIN WALL

As you know, after World War II the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and France divided Germany into four occupied zones.  Berlin was encased in the Soviet section, but due to the importance of the city as the capital of Germany and center of the Nazi regime, the allies also divvied up the […]

Posted 08 November 2014 § BERLIN § GERMANY § MUSEUMS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on THE BERLIN WALL ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

ST. LOUIS HIDDEN TREASURES

Randy Tankersley is a self confessed history nut. He is also a complex, creative man with a gift for storytelling. His storytelling takes many forms. He used storytelling while working as a broadcast photojournalist for ABC News Midwest bureau—a job that brought him to St Louis in 1988. He excels at “visually branded storytelling through […]

Posted 05 October 2014 § DRINKS § MISSOURI § PRODUCTS § ST. LOUIS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on ST. LOUIS HIDDEN TREASURES ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

BEST DESIGN-RICH PARIS HOTELS

They are like fraternal twins with features in common, but totally different looks.As to similarities, both hotels sit in the spiffy Eighth Arrondissement of Paris, a short stroll to the Champs Elysées. Both are relatively new or newly recreated and boast five star designations. Both offer comfortable, luxurious stays at rates less than “palace” hotels […]

Posted 25 September 2014 § ACCOMMODATIONS § FRANCE § PARIS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on BEST DESIGN-RICH PARIS HOTELS ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

RED STAR LINE MUSEUM, ANTWERP, BELGIUM

What do Albert Einstein, Vito Corleone, Irving Berlin, Golda Meir and U.S Navy Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover have in common? All immigrated to America on the Red Star Line, an ocean-crossing passenger line transporting some 2.5 million European emigrants to New York and Philadelphia between 1873 and 1934.  How do I know this? I visited the […]

Posted 12 September 2014 § ANTWERP § BELGIUM § MUSEUMS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on RED STAR LINE MUSEUM, ANTWERP, BELGIUM ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,