Scotland

SCOTLAND
 
by Aiden FitzGerald
 

 
ISLAY, SCOTLAND—“You may not like it, but you’ll start to appreciate it,” said thirty year old Edinburgh native David Blackmore, whose passion for single malt whisky is as ardent as his hair is red. He poured a couple of drops of amber colored Ardbeg into his hands, quickly rubbed them together and inhaled. [...]

I Command You To Bid on Tavern on the Green

As a former employee of the Warner LeRoy empire that was The Russian Tea Room and Tavern on the Green, this tidbit of info hit a bit close to home.  As a frequent visitor to New Orleans and Commander’s Palace, this tidbit of info came even that much closer to the front door of my [...]

What I’m Nursing Right Now: A Burnt Red Face and Grand Ma

What a peculiar title for a blog post, you may be saying to yourselves.  If you could see my face right now, you wouldn’t necessarily be perturbed by the title.  Okay, so I brought sunscreen to Vail just for this very purpose.  Okay, so I forgot to actually apply the sunscreen to my face whilst [...]