The first time I went to Towne for lunch I just couldn’t bring myself to order the smoked salmon club sandwich. It looked… interesting, that’s for sure, but having been accustomed to eating great smoked salmon plain (well, maybe with a bagel and cream cheese) I was confused why it would come in a club […]

There was no room service menu in my hotel room. I started the day at 5am, switched hotels, was interviewed on stage at a conference, had several more meetings, attended a reception for networking and literally ate 2 croissants the whole day; I was dead tired when I arrived to my hotel room at the […]

Finishing up the work week enjoying lunch with my grandmother – the plan sounded perfect for a Friday afternoon. Yaya, as we call her, was visiting for the month from Palm Beach and staying at the Taj Hotel in Boston on Arlington Street. Due to my traveling, I hadn’t seen her for over a year, so it […]

There were two parts to my New York City trip: 2 days of work, 2 days of vacation. I hadn’t been on a business trip in a while and I hadn’t been on a non-family related vacation since Asia, so both reasons for traveling were due. This club sandwich happened right during the transition. I […]