Czech Out These Spas! Part II: Karlovy Vary Note: This is the third of a multi-part series on Czech Spas. My first town during last December’s spa tour wasKarlovy Vary (a.k.a. Carlsbad), the Grand Dame of Czech Spas Towns. It’s about a two-hour scenic ride from Prague. K.V. is loaded with hot springs (12 to…
The Kingdom of Navarra Visits San Francisco: Spanish Wine Dinner Mark your calendars for February 1. The American Insitute of Wine & Food (AIWF) in San Francisco is putting on a once-in-a-lifetime wine pairing dinner featuring some excellent wines from this wild and wooly area of Spain, as well as flying in one of the…
Pretty ballsie play –– to write up the year’s best meal when we’re only three weeks into 2007. But I gotta tell you –– I’m feeling pretty confident here. I was in Bali over the holidays. An island known for its beautiful women, dependable sunshine, numerous temples, silver jewelry, colorful batiks, etc… but hardly for…
Imbibe & Indulge: 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival I just got this info and am tempted to use some of my miles to fly down for the weekend to this Miami event presented by FOOD & WINE Magazine. It’s a national, star-studded, four-day weekend (Feb. 21-24) destination event showcasing the talents…
That’ll Do, Pig: Ibu Oka’s Babi Guling, Bali Hours before my most memorable meal of 2007 in Ubud, I had one of the best el-cheapo lunches of all time, too. It was a Bali Bali good food day! Lunch was at Ibu Oka’s Babi Guling, a divey food stall frequented by many local chefs. Don’t…
Quick note from David Gingrass- Chef and Proprietor of TWO. We at Tango Diva love this place and encourage you to check it out when traveling to San Francisco! Dear Friends and Family, It’s finally happening; Hawthorne Lane has been transformed in the TWO weeks since Christmas into TWO, the second restaurant at 22 Hawthorne…
by Janice Nieder, Dining Diva, and Patty Burness We were in food and fashion heaven at the opening bash of the Westfield San Francisco Centre—the phenomenal new $460-million transformation of the old Emporium, which thankfully has morphed into BLOOMINGDALE’S and over 170 other specialty stores, a huge theater, and numerous eateries. It took four floors…