Coffee & Drinks in Charleston I’d been pretty disappointed by the coffee offerings in DC and Baltimore. I just didn’t find much in the way of cafes and what I did find was pretty ordinary. A conspicuous exception was Three Bean in Baltimore which was excellent. Richmond offered a little more with Lamplighter very good. …

Coffee & Drinks in NYC New York City probably represented the booziest few days of the trip so far. And there wasn’t a paired wine selection in sight. Instead, I did a joyful amount of bar hopping pre and post dinner with some good wines and sherries enjoyed with food. I was particularly glad to …

Here’s Looking at You It seemed likely that at least one of my days in Los Angeles would be a lazy/hungover day given my late night arrival and strong programme of imbibing. Monday seemed as good a day as any for this occurrence so I committed to only one booking for the day which was …

Coffee & Drinks in LA I was lucky to be staying in close proximity to a range of good coffee options during my time in Los Angeles. The first place I visited was Andante Coffee on South Grand Avenue. It was a really impressive little place with just a few seats for sit-in customers and …

Simone Dinner at Simone had been in the diary for quite a while so I was excited when the day finally came around for me to visit. I celebrated by walking to the recently opened venue in LA’s arts district along the actual Skid Row. Whilst there I met the biggest cockroach of all time. …