The first time I ever walked into a Joe’s Crab Shack restaurant, the first thing that caught my eye was a sign that hung above the hostess stand that stated “Free Beer.” I was psyched and felt as though I had found my new favorite restaurant, but then I read the last word on the sign.
There are so many seemingly conflicting opinions out there about the best and worst ways to eat that is indeed very confusing. It would seem to me from personal experience and from anecdotal evidence culled from conversations with friends that different approaches work better for some than for others.
We are extremely fortunate here in the United States on a number of different levels, but one of our advantages is the fact that we have so many different foods available to us year around. It is no secret that Americans have a tendency toward obesity, and all of that good food that is out there is extremely enticing, and over time, indulging in it can add on a significant amount of poundage. One way to approach weight management is to alter the relativity of your tastes.
The fact is that the best way to find a good restaurant in a given city is to speak with people who have some knowledge of the dining scene in that area and absorb their word-of-mouth recommendations. When you search the Internet or some travel guide or local publication to get a feel for the lay of the land, you are going to run into marketing copy rather than actual facts about the restaurant in question. It is true that some perfectly good restaurants also have good advertising that does in fact accurately describe their offerings, but that may be the exception rather than the rule, especially when you are talking about the big chain restaurants.
Michael Collins was a famed Irishman who was instrumental in leading the country to independence in 1921. There is a brand of Irish whiskey that bears his name these days, and since today is St. Patrick’s Day and everyone is feeling a touch of the Irish, why not honor the spirit of Irish independence with a little taste of Michael Collins Irish whiskey?
In American culture we are told by the media at a very young age that eating meat is a no-brainer and that meat = food.
As the calendar has turned around to the month of March, the hints of the first days of spring beckon, and for the Irish, St. Paddy’s day enters the picture. We say “for the Irish,” but the fact is that we are all Irish on St
We are told that there is an unemployment rate of around 10% here in America, but that statistic represents the number of people who are collecting unemployment benefits from the government, not the true total of unemployed people.
People who enjoy exploring interesting and unusual libations inevitably find their way to the spirit know as absinthe, and until relatively recently it was largely unavailable throughout the United States and most of Europe.
If you are lucky enough to have a job, you invariably work hard throughout the week and find yourself juggling the time demands of your job with the other responsibilities that you have, and that can be stressful.
