Archive for the ‘Restaurant’ Category

Rancho de los Caballeros, Wickenburg, AZ USA

Last time I was at Rancho de los Caballeros I cried when we left. The trip had been so much fun, that our departure literally brought tears to my eyes. 22 years later, and I was experiencing the same. If you’ve never vacationed at a Dude Ranch, I highly recommend it. Rancho de los Caballeros […]

Hilton San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA USA

“Anywhere except Chinese food,” Jake told me as we made dinner plans. A tourism industry veteran, Jake was traveling for business and staying in the heart of Chinese-American culture in Southern California: San Gabriel. If you’ve heard of gentrification, imagine Chinification. Nearly every restaurant, café, store, establishment, etc, was created by and for the Chinese […]

The Pink Palace (Best Western Hotel), Allen Park, MI USA

15 degrees. I hadn’t experienced cold weather in quite some time. This was a fact I was proud of. But at the same time, something about the sharp, bitter air was exciting. It was fun being a tourist in this climate. CES followed by the Detroit Auto Show. 2 of the biggest respective industry events […]

Della’s Kitchen, The Delano, Las Vegas, NV USA

I’m not a gambler, so it’s usually Vegas’s food scene that draws me in. And there’s no shortage of fabulous fare, so finding another fantastic club sandwich was high on my list during this most recent trip, unfortunately not satisfied by The Cosmopolitan’s room service. We arrived at Della’s Kitchen a few hours before my […]

Rowes Wharf Sea Grille, Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston MA USA

Team lunch! What an exciting past few months – rather, few years – it had been with the team. But lunch was less about work and more about sharing moments with friends during working hours. I let the team decide on where to go, and their recommended the Sea Grille inside the Boston Harbor Hotel […]

Renoir, Sofitel, Montreal, CA

Montreal for my bachelor weekend. What happened here, stays here, except for this review of the club sandwich from Renoir, the restaurant at the Sofitel, our hotel of choice in Quebec… … And I needed a good one after our Friday night of debauchery with 10 of my closest friends, most of whom had never […]