Monthly Archives: October 2009
Heard on The Grapevine
Heard on the grapevine that the Frederick Wine House one of my favorite, ok let’s be honest, my favorite wine store in Frederick County will be relocating. They are going to move to a location in the new shopping center off Route … Continue reading
Current Top Chef Odds
You’ve got to love having Top Chef in Vegas. Where else are you going to have the bookmakers giving weekly odds on the contestants? They are updated following the week nine restaurant wars episode and Bryan is still in fourth. No surprise … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurant- misc., The Good Life
Jefferson Pastry Shoppe- a Hidden Gem
Family traditions are funny. Mrs. F brings her family’s Halloween tradition of eating donuts and cider after pumpkin carving. The kids love it, but I have to admit the combination of cider and donuts always struck me as a little wierd. However … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurant Reviews
More Ethics
I had talked about ethics in an earlier post. So it was interesting to see that in early October the Federal Trade Commission ruled that bloggers who made endorsements had to disclose any payments they received from subjects of their reviews. Those that did … Continue reading
Filed under Restaurant Reviews
Volt Reservations
No- It’s not that I have reservations about Volt it’s getting them. My parents just tried to make a Friday night reservation at Volt and there was a six week wait! Fabulous. I wish Bryan, Hilda and the whole staff all the … Continue reading
Filed under Restaurant- misc.
Odds and Ends
Black Ankle Vineyards is having a lot going on over the next month. Winemaker for a day on October 24th, a Sunday evening pasta & wine dinner on November 15 and most intruiging to me: “Leafstone vs. The World” on November 8th. … Continue reading
Broadbent’s Revenge
Loyal reader(s?) may remember my review of the book The Billionaire’s Vinegar. As a follow up to the story I saw that the venerable British wine critic Micheal Broadbent settled his libel and defamation suit against Random House, the publisher of the … Continue reading
In A Wine Slump
As you know wine is a passion of mine and I really enjoy finding wines that excite me and letting you know about them. I have been really eager to add some more wine reviews up here, but lately all of the … Continue reading
Filed under Wine
A Worthy Organization
With the legislative session just around the corner here is an organization worthy of a look by readers of this blog: Marylanders For Better Beer and Wine Laws. As most of you know it is illegal to directly ship wine … Continue reading
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Top Chef- Go Bryan
All of us in the Fred household have been following Top Chef religiously. Actually we have watched the show as a family since season 2. Since we TIVO it I have been ducking the front page of the Frederick … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurant- misc.
Black Ankle Vineyards
After all this time I finally got a chance to visit Black Ankle Vineyards. They have been open for about a year if I recall correctly and on my list of places to visit since I heard of their opening. So one … Continue reading
Filed under Booze, The Good Life, Wine