by Greg Masinton | Apr 21, 2015 | Travel
6:00am (10:00pm DT or Denver Time) We wake up in the Aklesia B&B in the Colosseum district of Rome to the sound of the iPhone alarm going off on the side of the bed. Snooze? Nah. Gotta get up, shower and hit the Metro station. I reach in to my backpack to find...
by Greg Masinton | Apr 9, 2015 | Travel
Ah, the travel season is upon us once again. For some reason (probably related to something dumb, like jobs and kids and school) we tend to take off to faraway lands and exotic destinations just when the weather here turns from blustery to absolutely beautiful. Vive...
by Greg Masinton | Apr 7, 2015 | Food and Wine
Hi. Yes, I’m ready to order. I’d like your double-cut pork chop with apple sauce, but instead of the braised cabbage, I’d like steamed broccoli. And, rather than the shredded potatoes, may I have a house salad with ranch dressing on the side?...
by Greg Masinton | Mar 11, 2015 | Travel
Travel can sometimes feel like work. Vacation isn’t work, but travel sometimes can be. And it can be stressful and straining. Vacations are about relaxing and sitting, playing golf or tennis or maybe swimming in the ocean or sunning yourself on the beach. Travel...
by Greg Masinton | Oct 14, 2014 | Food and Wine, Wine
Like Laverne and Shirley, wine and cheese just seem right together, so much so that it’s hard to mention one without the other. The history of this gastronomic dynamic duo is a bit milky (pun intended) but is generally traced back to European days of old. People back...
