The Atlanta airport was bumpin’.  Our only stop between home and Jazzfest, dinner would be held at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport tonight. We knew epic meals lay ahead, but already being on vacation, an epic meal was needed now. Additionally, the food in business class on the Delta flight down was absolutely disgusting.  I couldn’t believe […]

I met my mother at 11:40am, and the place was already packed. Tourists toting luggage on their way to the airport, businessmen dawned in suits partaking in power-lunches, your stereotypical Bostonian enjoying their daily routine… Sam LaGrassa’s was famous and respected among all walks of life. And why shouldn’t it be? This place was great. […]

I was speaking at a conference in Sonoma and, as it came to an end, decided to take the scenic route from the Doubletree Hotel to Sacramento, my next stop. Winding through beautiful countryside, I had no idea where I was going, and I preferred it that way. My phone’s GPS was always there for […]

Grand was The Palace Hotel. If one didn’t know this upon booking, the entrance and lobby said it all (after, of course, I paid $60/night for valet parking).  As I walked to my room I couldn’t tell if I would be staying in an old, rundown establishment in need of a restoration, or a newly […]