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Good Stuff #58

Posted on 2016-07-17 by tikichris

Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip, savour and more – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading →

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Best Hotels – 2014

Posted on 2014-12-19 by tikichris

From the inner core of downtown DC to a sparsely settled archipelago at the junction of the North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea – with loads of scenery and bon vivant adventures along the way – I stayed in some fantastic hotels this year. Continue reading →

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Washington DC: Where to Eat in the Political Capital of the Western World (City AM)

Posted on 2014-12-15 by tikichris

Over the past few years, ravenous London scenesters have been snarfing down a vast array of steaks, burgers, hot dogs, shakes, pizzas, burritos and all sorts of other full-flavoured Americana from a diverse range of restaurants, pop-ups and food trucks. US food, as our Stateside cousins would say, is hot right now. Meanwhile, denizens of US capital Washington DC have been reinvigorating the very concept of what it means to eat American, as I discovered during my recent city break there. Continue reading →

Posted in City AM, Coffee, Drink, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants, Travel, Virginia, Washington DC, Wine | Tagged Baked & Wired, Barboursville, Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville Wine, BARS, Ben’s Chili Bowl, City AM, Drink, Food, Georgetown, hotels, luxury, Montpelier, Muirkirk Research Farm, Off the Record, restaurants, Rose’s Luxury, Travel, United Airlines, virginia, Washington DC, wine | Leave a comment

DC Dining? It’s a Capital Idea!

Posted on 2014-10-03 by tikichris

A commission for City AM had me visiting Washington DC and rural Virginia at the end of September to write a piece about the exquisite Hay-Adams hotel and its relationship with regional food and drink suppliers. I’ll be sure to do a heads up post here on the blog when that article is published, but in the meanwhile I thought I’d share some of the best bits of my trip in a quickie roundup. Continue reading →

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5 Most Unique Food Trucks Around the World (OneTravel)

Posted on 2014-05-14 by tikichris

Let’s face it. In many places around the world, some of the best meals to be had are handed over to you from the side of a kitted out truck. Whether offering urban fusion street food in the hopes of … Continue reading →

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Noah Scalin/AFTER LIFE: A Skull Exhibition at Quirk Gallery in Richmond, Virginia

Posted on 2009-06-09 by tikichris

If I were going to be anywhere even remotely near Richmond, Virginia this summer, I’d do my darnedest to check out Skull-A-Day originator Noah Scalin’s AFTER LIFE: A Skull Exhibition showing from July 3rd until August 22nd at Quirk Gallery. … Continue reading →