"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

In the transformed area around the incursion of Georgia Tech into Midtown on 5th Street is a cool new restaurant called the Globe. It is very stylish, kind of loungey, with modern design elements. It is light and airy, with white sheer drapes here and there, a multitude of Jasper Morrison's Globe lights in different sizes and intensities hanging ( Read more... )

We gay people face enough hatred and bitterness every day, virulent attacks both verbal and physical, that we really shouldn't do it to ourselves.

The Lesbian Solstice Gathering turned out to be quite a good time, with good friends and good wine and minimal food. We actually had one Lesbian in attendance to make it official, and it was 5 days from the winter solstice, so close enough right? neo_prodigy took incriminating pictures here: Read more... )

Since I have been focused on work lately I have not posted anything. Also since I have been focused on work, not much else has been happening. Last week I took a few days off and went to New York to see Spamalot. It is a Broadway show based on Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail. It was absolutely hilarious, I enjoyed it muchly. I am glad ( Read more... )

Last night Mikey, Brett, Emerson and I went to a special chef's dinner at Pura Vida. Chef Hector Sanchez brought back inspirations from his recent trip to Spain. The menu consisted of delights from interesting restaurants there, along with wine pairings ( Read more... )

Most of what I was going to do today involved being outdoors, so plans got rearranged when it started snowing. Unfortunately there wasn't much else to do at the last minute. I tried going to the museum to see the Ansel Adams exhibit, but it was sold out. There were crazy people across the street on a ballfield playing soccer in the snow. So I ( Read more... )

We just came back from shopping at H&M, and it is flurrying like crazy! By the way, I am not liking the wind ( Read more... )

We arrived in Boston today stress-free, with a flight that was early and easy connections on public transportation. It is a bit chilly, in the 50's, and cloudy, but we walked around the downtown area and looked around some. We ended up at Excelsior for dinner, which is a pretty nice place. We went up a glass elevator through a wine shaft, with ( Read more... )

A general announcement to any who would like to come:

I am having a wine tasting party this Saturday at 9pm at my house.

Hope to see you!