Richmond

Root Stock – fantastic little bakery with amazing breakfast sandwiches (and pretty fantastic lunch ones too). They do em all on housemade biscuits (buttermilk, peppercorn and chive, sweet potato, even chocolate!) and they’re gooey, oozy messes – I liked their version of ham and cheese (city ham, pimento cheese, pickles, and egg) and their biscuits …

Chicago

Sunshine’s/Diablo’s Happy Space:   These are some of my favorite places in my beloved city by the lake, aka THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH (#GPOE!) They’re the spots that get my stomach rumbling and my heart aching whenever I’m away, and the first places I plan to go to when I land at O’Hare. The question …

And the Beat Goes On (La Dee Da Dee Dee) — The Best Music of 2019

What the fuck just happened? That’s mostly a rhetorical question – I’m up on the smorgasbord of smiles that are our current events and know I engorged myself like a feudal tsar for the holiday yesterday — but it’s also a question that’s emblematic for the year we just completed.  Because, honestly – what the …

Around the World — Canadians, Brits, and a Bunch of Swedes (Plus a Couple of Yanks)

Since I’m home with a sick pup whose recovery plan includes sleeping on my lap in as unbroken a stretch as possible (bathroom breaks and beverage refills be DAMNED!), thought I’d capitalize on the stasis to throw out some songs that got caught in my snatches since last time.  First, in honor of his beloved …