Happy birthday John Adams – the greatest political mind in human history, native son of my hometown, and a hero of humanity’s species-old war against the smallpox virus.Adams chose to…
Imperial Japan formally surrendered to the United States and Allied forces in Tokyo Bay 75 years ago today – Sept. 2, 1945 – bringing World War II to an end…
Hyundai’s “smaht pahk” Boston accent commercial from the Supah Bowl back in February was a big hit for the brand. It certainly caused a lot of buzz in the Boston…
The City That Never Sleeps was in bed early the night I arrived.
Alba on 53 opens Monday, a large, beautiful Mediterranean steakhouse from Albanian immigrant restaurateur Leo Keka and the team behind Alba in Quincy Center, a fine-dining landmark for nearly 20 years. Alba…
So, I LOVE college football. My favorite thing in the world. The biggest sports arenas in the world are all American college football stadiums. The tailgates and the pageantry are…
Plenty of bars around America, indeed around the world, serve pizza. After all, what culinary combination satiates the inner desires of mankind better than cold beer and hot pizza? Not…
Reims Cathedral is the heart of the city, the home of French kings and a short distance from where the Nazis surrendered in Word War II.
Mont Saint-Michel is one of those amazing what I call “Harry Potter Towns” that dot the landscape of Normandy. These are the towns like Rouen, Bayeux and Mont Saint-Michel, among…
(This story originally ran in August 2013 in the Boston Herald upon the closing of a long-time American culinary institution, the Alumni Cafe of Quincy, Mass. The Alumni was a…
One of the most shocking aspects of the James Beard House is the bathroom. Yes, the bathroom. Every inch of wall is completely covered in mirrors from floor to ceiling. No matter…
As an adult I met my paternal family from Wheeling, West Virginia. I grew up hard-core Boston Irish. But turns out I’m also Croatian. The descendant of West Virginia/Ohio coal…