So after a hard morning of touristing we repair to Restaurant La Tour Eiffel. It is about 200 meters from its namesake on the Quai D’Orsay, maybe 50 yards from the Seine. Now if you have ever done this at say the foot of the Empire State Building or near the Tower Bridge, you know… Continue reading Taxes, Policy, and other Delusions
Author: james romanow
Roughing it on the Grand Randonee
So after a brisk 20 klicks over hill and dale Sairey and I stagger into La Vieux Logis, drop our packs and begin attempting to mitigate the pain. This means a NINE course meal using fifteen pieces of cutlery and five different wines. I’m not sure which took more stamina. All that aside, Vieux Logis… Continue reading Roughing it on the Grand Randonee
Alcoholism and life
Okay so there I am in a tiny urban grocery store, Carrefour’s City, maybe 1500 square feet, about the size of the potato chip section of a WalMart. At the check out I realize everyone of the seven shoppers I can see is buying tonight’s dinner: the older lady bought a salad a slice of… Continue reading Alcoholism and life
Corked off
Man am I getting tired of corked wine. I am ESPECIALLY tired of $50 wine that’s corked. Last summer I visited Columbia Crest and discovered they test all cork deliveries with spectrometers refusing any that are tainted. This should be the industry standard. At the very least you need to send a random sampling of… Continue reading Corked off
IPad & Phone camera tripod
This post is not about food and drink, but about gadgets. The reason I’m putting it up is because there are any number of people out there taking very respectable photos and even movies these days done with an IPad or smart phone. I am one of them. My Nokia 850 has a 6 Meg… Continue reading IPad & Phone camera tripod