A French or Italian dinner without wine is like breakfast without coffee. I would go to great lengths to avoid having to give up my favorite vices.

of the table as “The Congress”, as in "So, Madam President will have a coffee, what would Congress like?". This was incredibly rude and awkward to say the least and although we had planned to have dessert and after...

SUPER CITRUS! the Temple oranges are in (fabulous flavor, lots of seeds) and FYI the season is only about a month long Blood Oranges have been really good, esp for tails. Tangelos are still there too...super yum.

the great bookstore across the street, Black Oak Books. 1491 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA (510) 486-0698 Of course you might want to see the epicenter of the coffee revolution, Peet’s on Walnut and Vine, just up the road. Pop...

the concept of two incarnations of the same ingredient as he sat us at the bar. He then proceeded to verbalize the tail menu in its entirety, which seemed to me like he was just trying to keep us there, as if engaging us would...

Yeah, I’m sure the moderators are in love with me right now. I would have thought this got a half dozen responses at most. Dolores, I hate the practice in grocery stores decreasing sizes ... the smaller coffee cans, yogurt...

The Grubs recently rec’d a gift card for $250 to Cut. The card covered 2 apps, 2 top steaks (not Kobe), 1 dessert, coffee & a lovely, under-$100 bottle of wine. For another $100, $200, or $300 you can upgrade the mains & wines...

Thanks to the people that chimed in on my cheese cloth issue, my meal turned out perfect! Sgroppino to begin the night (prosecco based tail), then more prosecco Sailor bread with fresh herb infused olive oil Sweet potato bisque Short...

—and ideally delicious—choices. On to Hudson’s on the Bend. My notes from my meals are really sketchy, as I seem to have jotted them on the back of a tail napkin. There may be a few gaps. I liked many items at HOTB, but I also...

My small list of favorite reliable places... check out the Abbott Kinney neighborhood or Sawtelle corridor between Olympic and Santa Monica. Cheap: La Playita, on Lincoln north of Rose: good fresh seafood tails La Oaxaquena taco...

True story. Ten years ago jfood took the two little jfoods for a quick dinner before dance class. Some chicken fingers and fries for them, cup of coffee for jfood. Bill arrives and jfood pays quickly and leaves. Something bothered...

, respectively ) that really stuck. Who knew fifteen years ago that we would wait in a long line to happily pay for $4 coffee? Sometimes fads stick, at which point they transcend trendiness and become legitimate aspects of the...

The Four Seasons in San Francisco uses beautiful hand made glass martini glasses for tails. Unfortunately, their collection is on the decline because people steal them. Not because their servers are clumsy and drop them, but...

Coffee Shop, Good, V & T Pizzeria, Veselka, Dumpling House. None are bad, none are great – despite a widespread and vocal fan base.

We have gifted Picnic at a Vineyard and a tail Making Class from an online gift site called www.excitations.com Bride and Groom found it far more interesting than the usual stuff on the registry.