Hello, Is That You Billy Joel?

As fate would have it, I found myself at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria. Well, I kind of stumbled upon it when leaving the State Opera House in search of a cocktail with my love. We were all dressed up “fancy pants” style and we weren’t quite ready to hit the sack. So, my super high heels and I saddled up to the bar and got a glorious glass of champagne.

Warning: Don’t Eat This Alone

In our search for the perfect carnivorous meal we end up getting our fair share of hits and an even bigger share of misses. Whiskers (more on him later) says if you want an excellent steak, you make it yourself. And he’s usually right. But this, my friends, was not one of the misses. This was one of the BEST steaks we’ve ever had. It’s called a Tomahawk and it’s absolutely, mouth watering-ly delicious!

Murphy and His Law

Has anyone ever said to you, “that’s just Murphy’s Law”? Well, I’d like to sucker-punch the person that introduced that phrase into my life. Better yet, I’d like to sucker punch then drop-kick Murphy himself to the ground.

About That Sauce

If you travel throughout Sicily everyone will tell you that a good tomato sauce is the key to a vast array of dishes and it’s the absolute basic to have in your sauce arsenal. And although we are not adding meat to this sauce, it is so rich you won’t miss it at all.

Roosters and Cameras

On a recent trip to visit family in Zweifalten, Germany I got a little too close to a rooster…