Category: Best of AWB
Thanksgiving: It’s Not Always about the Food
Thanksgiving in our family was always a dilemma -- Joe wants to host everyone at our house, and my brother wants to host everyone at his. Before my father died, it was always at my parents' house. My mother would ...
Jack, the Very Bad Dog
When I met my wife she had two dogs and what seemed like 100 cats. The cat herd actually only numbered 4, but that was of little comfort to me. Over time the number of cats decreased by half, then ...
Tragedy as Marketing
I grew up in a town that knew tragedy. On the night of November 15, 1970, a chartered jet airliner carrying the local university football team, coaches and a number of prominent residents crashed in flames on its approach to the ...
The Local Food Movement
"I know that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll never go any further than my own back yard. For if it isn't there, I never really lost it." - Dorothy Gale (Wizard of Oz) Eat and drink local ...
Beware of Wine Bloggers!
Steve Heimoff knows a lot about wine, and he is a pretty decent writer. So, when he warns us about a new threat to the wine community we should heed his words. Here are the aforementioned words of wisdom and ...
Best Moment of an Overwhelmingly Good Trip
This trip to California is winding down, we are packing to leave. Instead of thinking about returning to my cage tomorrow, I am focusing on the amazing memories this journey has provided. There are so many things that I will ...
The Complaint as a Gift: A Tale of Three Wineries
Once upon a time, I worked in retail sales. Actually I was working three jobs because I was single, I had no other responsibilities and couldn't support my lifestyle (and wardrobe) on my measly salary as a PR person, just ...
Restaurant Review: Pope’s Pairings Protect Plonk
I think I was sitting in Toledo, avoiding study of some law-school related subject, when I first heard about Alice Waters' Chez Panisse. The concept of growing local, buying local, and serving healthy, organic dishes that actually taste good was ...
An Unspeakable Tragedy
Faithful readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of Twisted Oak Wines. Not only do they sell some top notch juice, but they have a fantastic sense of humor, as evidenced by their rubber chicken fetish. ...
The Successful Wine Bar: No Pimpin’ Required
I like Kid Rock and I cannot lie You other ladies can’t deny That when the Kid starts singin' With his style and his pimpin’ It’s the only thing to satisfy… - with apologies to Sir Mix-A-Lot, and “Baby Got Back” I discovered Kid Rock ...
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