Dining

  • Tinsel + Tamales

    Preparing food for the holidays is quite tedious when you’ve got a lot to do and you don’t want to invest in all the things required to pull it off. I’ve used both…

  • Build Your Own Cheesecake, Really?

    Can you imagine anything better than choosing your very own combination of ingredients in a custom cheesecake?  The decadence. The allure. The calories.  You only live one, so they say.  I’ve heard nothing…

  • Pret Store photo

    Royal Blues

    1. I am glad we have small downtown markets like Royal Blue Grocery. 2. I wish they were more like Pret A Manger. After two years of working downtown, the food rotations at Royal Blue…

  • Lunch at Swift’s Attic

    The $9 Business Lunch is the deal of the day. Perfectly heated and flavored tomato-basil soup coupled with 1/2 roast beef sandwich.  Not a single complaint.

  • Thursday Dinner at Truluck’s

    “Bar seating, party of five.”  Our drinks were superb, wine temperature was perfect. My wedge salad was a little drowned and the calamari a bit saturated, but other than that, the meal was…