Key West Part II
I’m thinking that the Conch Republic is about the only place you would hear crazy shit like that.
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Apr 13, 20183 min read
Adventures in Key West
We probably would have gone further but we ran out of road.
Mar 2, 20182 min read
Fake Cohibas
I kew the Cohibas were fake as soon as I looked at them.
Mar 2, 20182 min read
Bowling With Elvis
I blamed my high percentage of gutter balls on the rocking and rolling of the wave-tossed ship.
Sep 15, 20172 min read
Sam's Famous Kapusta Recipe
By Steve Siciliano It's tradition here at Siciliano's to treat our customers to German wieners and draft root beer on the Saturdays of...
Aug 11, 20173 min read
Paying Your Dues
By Steve Siciliano It began raining again as soon as we turned off the two track onto Six Mile Road. “Rotten day for fishing,” Harry said...
Dec 6, 20162 min read
Memories of Cuba
By Steve Siciliano The news of Fidel Castro’s death last week brought back memories of a trip my wife Barb and I took to Cuba about ten...
Jun 3, 20162 min read
Nine Mile Bridge
By Harry Winston Last week I was going through a bookcase in my cabin up north when I came across a Moleskine notebook that I had...
May 29, 20152 min read
Whiskey and Wisdom
By Steve Siciliano I was about to make the turn onto Bass Lake Road when I saw Joe Parker stacking a load of firewood into the woodshed...
Dec 13, 20133 min read
A Short Course in Aperitifs
The name aperitif is derived from the Latin aperire, which means "to open" and refers to the stimulation of appetite that occurs after ing
Dec 13, 20133 min read
Communication Breakdown
By Steve Siciliano When my wife Barb and I travel we like finding bars and restaurants that are, for the most part, patronized by the...
Dec 4, 20133 min read
Vin Santo, Holy Wine of Tuscany
By Steve Siciliano One evening Barb and I were the only diners in a small restorante in the Tuscan hill town of Loro Ciuffenna. We had...
Nov 7, 20132 min read
A Walk in Florence
It was Sunday afternoon in Florence and Barb and I were dead tired. We had just left the Uffizi Gallery, and after the trudge up to the...
Nov 6, 20134 min read
Six Days in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany
By Steve Siciliano Loro Ciuffenna is a small town tucked in the southern foothills of the Pratomagno, a range of medium-sized mountains...
Nov 1, 20131 min read
A Visit to the Old Country
“Due birre alla spina media, per favore.”
I never thought I’d be saying those words so often in Italy
Jul 29, 20132 min read
A Royal Obsession
Maybe I’m in the minority, but I didn’t even know that Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge were expecting.
Jul 26, 20131 min read
Steve's Famous Chicken
I have to admit that during the dog days of summer my favorite grilled meat is chicken.
May 31, 20132 min read
The Muse is Missing
It’s four in the morning, I’m staring at a blank computer screen and I’m wondering where my muse is.
May 20, 20131 min read
Stop and Smell the Rosés
I’ve always been rather standoffish towards rosés simply because I assumed that they were cut from the same cloth as white zinfandels.
Apr 10, 20133 min read
Recollections in Wine: A Short Course in Chianti
Twenty years later in an Italian restaurant on Rush Street in Chicago, another old waiter persuaded me to give Chianti another try.
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