102 Oak Street Hood River, OR 800- 386-1859 Cornerstone Cuisine When we were in Hood River we stayed at the Hood River Hotel. I love this place because it’s right in the heart of all that’s happening. You can hit wineries or breweries and not have to drive home. Or just eat well and waddle [...]

411 Oak Street Hood River, OR 541-386-4502 Dog River Coffee – Not much to see here A favorite pastime in Hood River is just sitting, drinking coffee or tea and reading. They have some good coffee shops to do this in. On our latest trip we discovered Dog River Coffee. I love it because it’s [...]

  20649 S.W. Roy Rogers Rd.,Suite 304 Sherwood, Or Sawatdee Thai Cuisine So apparently this place has been around for a few years. We had no idea. We have been twice now. I have ordered the same thing both times because I am a creature of habit like that. My most favorite thing is Lana’s [...]

CALLING ALL BRITS.  Are you feeling homesick? Looking for a spot that brings a piece of England to NYC? Cheapeats has found it and it’s nestled in the quaint West Village. When you step into Tea & Sympathy, you feel like you’ve entered a charming English cottage.  Dark walls, wood panels and warm smells coming [...]

1720 NW Lovejoy Street, Suite 121 Portland, OR. Modern Love   There are a few things that always make a place stand out. Great food of course, good location, but also good customer service. Modern Love is so much about customer service we were, shall I say it, feeling the love. What we didn’t know [...]

    939 Northwest 10th Avenue Portland, OR 97209 (503) 208-3113 Lovejoy Bakers Saturday was a day that we just wanted to drink coffee and tea, grab a quick bite and do some people watching. For those of us that aren’t fortunate enough to live in Portland, this is a Saturday morning treat.   We [...]

After my back to back disappointing afternoon tea experiences at The Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York (first time with my Mom and then with my friend Julia, both bad) I had zero expectations for The Lobby Bar at Four Seasons not because I h... [...]

There will be a special place in the acknowledgments section of the book I'm writing for this cafe.  While I adore Canto No. 6, they don't have much seating, whereas Ula has it in abundance.  Despite how busy Ula often gets, I've never been u... [...]

lee roy salmon… the man. the myth. the legend. he single-handedly took tampa bay and molded it into the lump of floridian half-pride that it is today. and then he died of a stroke. we honor his memory by eating the food he invented. in the year 2000, outback steakhouse had sex with lee roy, [...]

remember boba? REMEMBER BOBA?? remember that shit. it’s still good. and it’s still alive. people are still making new boba places! so the fad didn’t die way back in 2009. at least not at DDRINKZ. oh god the place is called ddrinkz. there’s a z in there. and am i… am i supposed to pronounce [...]