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Etiquette Tuesday: One More Sip

This one will be quick and dirty. After a long holiday weekend, I figure you still need sometime to recover and return to "the real world". With that being said, this Etiquette Tuesday will be short. Just a lesson in wine: white wine (*typically served with fish) can be drank until the very last sip, when drinking red wine (*typically served with red meat, duck, etc.) you should leave a small sip in the bottom of the glass. Red wine tends to leave a bit of sediment @ the bottom of the glass. I'm sure this is something you already know but it did cross my mind this morning when thinking about how awkward I felt the other night when I swallowed everything in my glass (*'til the last drop...) and looked around the table to see this was not the consensus. Improvement! That is what the second half of this summer means to me...consistently improving...down to the last drop.

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Happy Monday: The Passenger (DC)

It's that time again. This Wednesday we reunite! Food Bloggers. The usual suspects gather to chit chat about new restaurants, who's failing/who's coming up and the best dishes to try @ any given restaurant. I look forward to this time of the month because it's probably the one time of the month that it is totally acceptable to sit around and discuss the importance of a good kitchen knife. This time we are taking over The Passenger (*fitting for the summer, chill and easily accessible in this heated temperatures) and despite the mini-food menu at The Passenger, we are hoping a few food trucks may be in the neighborhood so we can soak up all this liquor (*hint, hint;-). Happy Monday! As many of you leave your extra relaxing Fourth of July vacations and summer homes, do not be too sad, there's a good drink or two on this side of the tunnel...Cheers!

The Where:
The Passenger
1021 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC
(202) 393-0220

World Tour: Happy Fourth of July!!

This is probably the one weekend where it is less than desirable for me, as American citizen, to leave the U.S. Leaving just seems like a crime or a lack of taste for good American food. The Fourth of July is the one weekend in America where it seems like everyone has a plan. If you do not have one, you almost feel like you failed for the holiday weekend. Last year, we almost failed, this year we did the right thing. Planned ahead and now we can enjoy a good firework or two alongside a foot-long, grilled hot dog.

The Fourth is the Americans Declaration of Independence weekend and it seems that every city is filled with festivities, food and fireworks of all types. This week's World Tour highlights the top cities to enjoy the weekend of independence, good beer and massive amounts of food. Chicago is a great start in our book because the Taste of Chicago is this weekend which means you can try all the deep dish pizza that your stomach can consume while taking in some great Mid-West weather (*what an oxymoron when you think of their winters...). Boston is the typical stomping grounds because they do all the traditional patriotic activities during their Harborfest. If you want more of a party, party, party...you know Miami takes the cake on this one. Wonder if they even have activities that do not include red, white and blue bikinis??

Getting a cheap flight to the Caribbean or Europe is priceless, but sometimes you need to just spend some time at home. Lucky for us, United Airlines and the like tend to have "friendly" fares for those wishing to stay within this territory for the holiday weekend. Plan a cookout, take a road trip or hop on a last minute flight to a U.S. destination...this is the one weekend, I just want to sit in my uncle's backyard, swat away the mosquitoes and take back a few the old fashioned American way...Happy Fourth of July!!

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