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Category Archives: Review
Review: BGR (and a little of BRGR)
*** Update (from eater.com): Washington, DC-area burger restaurant chain BGR The Burger Joint thought their burgers needed to be a little more Jersey, and thus are introducing the Snooki Burger next month. After calling for suggestions online, responses included “stuffed with an Italian sausage” and “marinated in tequila and desperation.” BGR reminds me a LOT [...]
Also posted in Food Tagged bgr, blue cheese, brgr, burger joint, dupont circle, five guys, mushrooms connecticut ave, nyc, shake shack, washington dc, wellington 2 Comments
Review: Todd English’s Olives (Las Vegas)
From Boston, MA, Todd English‘s Olives restaurants are described as “rustic Mediterranean” with locations in Massachusetts, Las Vegas, NYC, as well as here in DC. The two things I kept reading about the Vegas Olives was (1) get the beef carpaccio and (2) get a seat on the patio or near the windows so you [...]
Also posted in Food Tagged bellagio, carpaccio, las vegas, nevada, olives, osso bucco, restaurant, Review, todd english Leave a comment
Review: Volt
Business has been booming and reservation books have been maxed out at Volt, Chef Bryan Voltaggio’s Frederick, MD restaurant located right in the middle of downtown. His restaurant’s notoriety exploded as the chef climbed Bravo TV’s Top Chef Season 6 ladder, only losing in the end to his brother, Michael. After making reservations 2 months [...]
Also posted in Food Tagged birthday lunch, bryan voltaggio, frederick md, molecular gastronomy, prix fixe, restaurant, Review, top chef, volt 1 Comment
Rant: Metro Sucks (a quickie)
After reading the following post, I became somewhat infuriated at how the writer glosses over the major reasons why we consider some public transportation good and some transportation bad.
Also posted in FAIL, Life Tagged atc, blog, foia, metro, public transportation, rail system, subway, transparency, trust, washington dc, wmata Leave a comment
Review: Adour’s Macarons-a-Porter
*** UPDATE: Salon.com makes mention of macarons being the “heirs apparent to the cupcake” in their article on food fads*** Macarons are defined from wikipedia as The word macaroon is applied to a variety of light, baked confections, described as either small cakes or meringue-like cookies depending on their consistency. The original macaroon was a [...]
Also posted in Food Tagged adour washington dc, alain ducasse, butter cream, confection, cupcake, dessert, eggshell, food trend, french, froyo, frozen yogurt, ganache, jam, macarons, macaroons, pistachio, raspberry 1 Comment
Review: We Live in Public (2009)
We Live in Public is a documentary I watched a while ago in Netflix, but haven’t gotten around to reviewing it till now. The synopsis from IMDB is: On the 40th anniversary of the Internet, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC tells the story of the effect the web is having on our society as seen through [...]
Posted in Review Tagged documentary, internet, josh harris, movie, netflix, nyc, quiet, reality tv, we live in public Leave a comment
Review: Spider Holster System
Since starting up in the world of photography, I’ve always been a big supporter and fan of having a camera bag that doesn’t look like an obvious camera bag, which is why I love my Complete Seed with Photo Bucket and my 6-Million Dollar Home. That being said, I also really like having my camera [...]
Also posted in photo Tagged 6 million dollar home, battery grip, black rapid, camera bag, canon 40d, complete seed, cotton carrier, crumpler, holster, manfrotto, neck strap, r-strap, shai eynaz, sniper strap, spider holster, spider system, think tank 1 Comment
Fail: Party Planning
To help celebrate the end of the cherry blossom festival, there are fireworks set off by the washington monument every year. it is a nice alternative to going into the city for fourth of july - which ends up being a cluster- of a good time. So when we got an opportunity to go to a cherry blossom festival party with a rooftop view of the fireworks, why not?
Also posted in FAIL Tagged cherry blossom festival, dupont circle, embassy row, fireworks, washington dc 1 Comment
Review: All-Clad 12 qt Multi-pot
Since my brief time working for both William Sonoma and Sur La Table, I’ve always had my eye out for the stainless steel products available. Most notably, the All-Clad line of cookware. Because while I was an employee at these two stores, I could get the employee discount, however – also because I was an [...]
Review: Bites at Guy Savoy