Spinasse is my 2nd favorite Italian restaurant in Seattle. I have dined here many times over the year and love their northern Italian-influenced cuisine. The atmosphere is rustic and romanticβperfect for a date night with my sons, Carter and Rhone. Sorry, Mom, I haven’t taken you here yet – I promise, soon. My favorite spot…
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Antinori Winery – Rinuccio 1180 π·
Fresh off our 2021 YPO Supercar trip, Carter and I kept our F488 Ferrari for a couple of extra days to tour the Italian countryside. A visit to Antinori was in order as it’s probably our favorite Italian winery, and we love Solaia, a super Tuscanβthe blessed juice of Bacchus. The winery is one of…
Sushi Kashiba π£
Sushi Kashiba, located in the Pike Place Market, in the former Campagne Restaurant location, is the best and most storied sushi restaurant in Seattle, period. There are some other great spots, but Shiro Kashibi studied under Jiro in Japan, and that lineage spans over 100 years. I have been fortunate to dine with Shiro-san many…
HadBurger X π
HadBurger X was a blesedly mild affair. Rhone was up for Spring break in 2022, so I decided to make a HadBurger for the Hadlands as per our family tradition. This will be a short photo story, but it appears to be a proper HadBurger with the minimum of four required meats. I always love…
Officina della Bistecca π₯©
While in the Chianti region of Italy on a YPO Supercar trip, I realized we were near the famed beef restaurant of Dario Cecchini, the butcher-turned-chef, who gained fame on Netflix’s Chef’s Table for his ethical raising of animals and is known for his whole-animal butchery techniques. This was one of the first Chef’s Table…
Chicken Marbella π
Chicken Marbella is a dish introduced to me by my childhood friend Lisa, who made this for me on several occasions. This was popularized in the Silver Plate Cookbook released in 1982, so it should contain many dishes from my childhood; alas, my mother was not the most inventive cook. In her defense, she was…
Taipei π―
Carter and I were at the Morgans’ house watching football, and fresh off our trip to Europe, we were itching to travel again. Carter’s friend Sky was in Taiwan meeting a girl en route to China, and my friend Brian Marcinek connected me with one of his good friends, Andy Liu, who spent part of…
Yasaka π
Located in the beautiful Park Hyatt hotel in the Kiyomizu-dera district of Kyoto, Yasaka overlooks the iconic Yasaka pagoda, also known as the HΕkan-ji Temple. The Park Hyatt seamlessly blends in with the natural surroundings. Built into a hillside, the bar and restaurant command the best view of the pagoda in all of Kyoto. Yasaka…
National Lampoons European Vacation 2024 π§π»ββοΈποΈπ¨π°πΎποΈ
European Vacation 2024 Roll Call – All present and accounted for! Carter and I were brainstorming ideas for my 57th birthday. We love to travel, and had been on a trip with Jim and Mitch Morgan to Dublin for the boys’ birthdays. I like the band Air, and they were playing in Copenhagen and later…
Kyoto November 2024 β©οΈ
Exploring Kyoto: A Culinary Adventure and Must-See Sights. Join us as we explore Kyoto, savoring Noma’s pop-up dinner, city sights, and unforgettable cuisine in a culinary adventure. Carter and I planned our trip to Kyoto around our reservation to the Noma Kyoto Popup set for November 5th. We had booked the hard-to-secure reservation 6 months…