Stamp Your Passaporto at Il Fornaio

I confess, when I was invited to a media dinner at Il Fornaio (Il Fornaio is Italian for “the Baker” – appropriate, since they make their hand-formed bread in-house and daily), I was skeptical.
Why, you ask? Because it’s a California-heavy restaurant and catering chain of some 20-odd restaurants and your Hedonista is typically not a [...]

Savor … Tristan und Isolde

What to say about Richard Wagner? That contentious guy certainly knew how to put on an opera – er, “music drama” (for Wagner set out to change the way operas were made). Both composer and librettist (a rare dual talent) not to mention also a conductor and essayist, Wagner’s music in [...]

Enjoy The Flavor of Seattle THIS Week

We take a brief break from the Lotus Land of Victoria, B.C. to bring you the following upcoming event announcement:
The Flavor of Seattle – a marketing alliance cooperative for small, local restaurants who lack their own savvy marketing departments – was founded in 2008 by foodie entrepreneur Julien Recoussine. Julien worked in [...]

Chocolate on Them Thar Plains

There’s gold in them thar hills….
Well, actually, more like chocolate on them thar plains.
The plains of Minnesota, that is. (Who knew Minnesotans could make chocolate? Juuust kidding. Some of my best friends are Minnesotans. Really.)
Your Hedonista was at the Admiral Metropolitan Market earlier this month and met Brian T. McElrath, who [...]

Kozy Up With KOOZA in a Box

The circus is in town this month … and next month.
The Cirque du Soleil (”Circus of the Sun”), that is.
Cirque du Soleil – Cirque for short – is a Canadian, Québec-based organization. With humble beginnings as street performers in the small town of Baie-Saint-Paul back in 1984 – and formerly a [...]

Fuddy Meers = Funny Mirrors

In the mood for a disturbingly dark, yet hilariously humorous, comedy?
If so, have I got the play for you, dear hedonists.
Last Friday, your Hedonista attended the opening night of Fuddy Meers on a media pass, a play by David Lindsay-Abaire that’s running at The Phoenix Theatre June 4th through the 27th, 2010.
This [...]

True Art With Heart

Last winter (meaning winter IS now behind us), your Hedonista attended a charity kick-off media event at Hotel 1000 in which Art with Heart was the selected charity. Since then, I’ve seen this organization raising funds, awareness, and increasing their profile at more than one media event. I’ve been meaning to do [...]

Natural Selection Keeps It Real

Ever stop to think what exactly natural selection is?

Natural Selection is, quite simply, our ecosystem’s evolutionary coping mechanism. When things are working well, natural selection makes it even better; likewise, when things aren’t working right, natural selection fixes it.
Last Friday, The Second Story Repertory at the Redmond Town Center featured [...]

Oh Live For Olivar!

If you like the fabulously fused taste of French and Spanish cuisine (and, as any good hedonist-in-training will tell you, you certainly should) then you simply MUST give mural-filled Olivar up in Capitol Hill a try.

Chef Philippe Thomelin of Olivar lives in Capitol Hill with his wife Toni and daughters Maëlle and Isabelle.

Olivar – [...]

Teatro Time Again

It’s Teatro time again, dear hedonists – when last I wrote about this elegant extravaganza, it was to cover Teatro ZinZanni’s Beaumont & Caswell show that ran from October 15, 2009 to January 17, 2010 and to give them props for upping the ante when it came to the food.

The Ringmaster – [...]

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