Sage is a quiet, unassuming and excellent locals restaurant located in the East Bluff area of Newport Beach just north of Fashion Island. Chef owner “Rich” has built a loyal local...
Time to see how the right bank Bordeaux are holding up. A great dinner and tasting held in San Rafael with Al, Mark, Peter and friends. Beyond Bordeaux we samples a few other tasty treats. Here are...
Grumpy Girl and Ant are at it again. And it's good. Here's my earlier post. Come on! Jump over there!
My emotions caught me as I read Keven Werbach’s excellent piece on Slate this morning. Spam is killing e-mail […] Emotional because e-mail is the best way to get ahold of me. It’s...
Excited about his new digital camcorder, my friend Amar invited me over for dinner and some great wine as well to take me up on my offer to get him, his wife and two young daughters up to speed on...
And they did it in the rain. I'm not sure what happened here. But this photo from this “southern belle's” blog is a lot different than the version posted on the Pt. Reyes Light...
This blows my mind.
I'm spending most of my time this weekend backing up all of my files, settings and preferences. Wiping my trusty TiBook clean so I can ship it off to its new owner. I'm still getting 3-5...
Last week Apple announced new PowerBooks. The appeal for me. Built in DVD writer – aka the Apple SuperDrive. Sure the benefits of 30GB more hard drive, a gig of RAM and of course a 1Ghz...
I try not to get political here in The Digital Tavern. Yet, for the sake of clarity I think it's important to pull a few quotes out of William Safire's op-ed piece in today's New York...
Rob Eccles pointed me to one of the funniest live TV bloopers I've seen in a while. Even if you don't care about Jennifer Lopez's new song or her heritage, just watch this. (requires...
Geez. What is it many people talk about when they don’t have anything to say? The weather. Ok. Ok. Cut me some slack here. Much to say. But let’s take a breather. You know. The...
For those of us who've been blogging for sometime, we tend to wrap ourselves around this community of bloggers. As such we have our own lingo, our own set of characters and even blog...
In case you haven't heard, November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal? Write a 50,000 word novel by midnight November 30th. Everyone at one time in life has dreamed for a brief moment or...
So I guess I'm not going crazy. The reports just keep flying through the news. Isn't it all what we know. Wine is good in moderation. And I always say, moderation in moderation, too! [added...
In another case of fear, paranoia and defensive maneuvering, it appears Microsoft just doesn't know what to do about this Linux and open source movement that may or may not be lurking in its...
Just downloaded through software update the update to Apple's Jaguar OS X operating system. First comment: why did I do it? These updates are usually no-brainers. But for some reason the...
On Friday, fast food giant McDonald's (MCD) announced it is closing 175 underperforming restaurants. In the same press release it states it's going to emphasize sales growth at existing...
David Gilmour released a feature-length DVD (David Gilmour: In Concert) on Thursday memorializing his solo performance with a semi-acoustic band at the Meltdown Festival show held in June 2001 at the...
Through a wild string of events and blind circumstance, I was invited to attend a Songwriters Guild of America event at 14 Below in Santa Monica. In this cramped club that is haphazardly joined to...
My stomach cringed when the driver pulled my backpack out of the back of the van. My Canon DV video camera seemed all too willing to liberate itself through the small crack left by lazy zippering...