Posted by Justin on January 11, 2013 · 2 Comments
- I love Prescott. For those not in the know, it is pronounced *press-kit* not *press-cot*, as the name spelling would suggest. Things like this don’t seem important till you miss pronounce it in front of a Prescott native… but believe me, they’ll let you know if you are miss-pronouncing the name of their beloved … Read more
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Posted by Justin on December 20, 2012 · 1 Comment
- I wasn’t sure if I’d get the chance to blog over the next several days, so now that I have a chance, I am taking it! I’m on my way home for the holidays, before I go back to school in January. The only problem is my internship was in Maryland, school is in … Read more
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Posted by Justin on December 3, 2012 · 7 Comments
– A few days ago I talked about a couple of places I’ve been in DC, Good Stuff Eatery and We The Pizza. Today we talk about another one: – The Quarry House Tavern is one of the places I eat the most in Silver Spring. As you might have guessed if you clicked … Read more
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Posted by Justin on November 30, 2012 · 3 Comments
- And a couple days ago we talked about The Layover Chicago and a Top Chef Restaurant there. – So I have never watched Top Chef… Nor could I tell much of anything about Spike Mendelsohn. But I have had the pleasure on several occasions in time in DC to visit both of Spike Mendelsohn’s … Read more
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Posted by Justin on September 8, 2012 · 8 Comments
Now, one of the things I look forward to most in Europe is the various museums. It seems like every city has a ludicrous amount of museums, some as recognizable as the Louvre, others as obscure as the torture museum in Amsterdam, and still more that are as specialized as the Hergé Museum in Belgium. Part … Read more
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