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The Good Stuff and Some Bad News
Wow there’s been a lot going on in the last few days. To top it all off I’m off to Providence for the better part of this week with the fussy little children in tow. This Wednesday is already time for...
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For Better And For Worse
Yesterday I was so busy ranting about the results of Capital Region Living Magazine’s Best of the Capital Region poll, I didn’t even have a chance to tell you about my weekend. If you actively follow...
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SOS: Big Game, Small Biz, Politics & Mom
Guilt. More than anything else I feel guilt. Yesterday there was an event where the Chefs Consortium had a tent. And I didn’t tell you about it. Actually, I didn’t even get a chance to show up. Much...
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Eventful Weekends
I’m still out of my rhythm. Last night when I should have been writing this post I picked up a guitar and started noodling around instead of writing. Mostly that was inspired by the campfire at Silly...
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AskTP – Spring Slam
Spring is hitting me like a ton of bricks. People are coming out of the woodwork, writing projects for other platforms are piling up, more events are on the books than I could possibly attend, and then...
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SOS: One Day, Three Bridges
George Washington to the Throgs Neck going down. Whitestone on the way back up the Taconic. There are no food stories from Great Neck this time around. The trip was too short with too many children and...
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Hudson Berkshire Wine Fest Recap
FUSSYlittleNOTE: Today we’re doing something different. Below is a guest post from my friend, former cupcake co-judge and fellow Fighting Quaker Innae Park. When I couldn’t attend the inaugural...
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Bye Bye Baseball
Baseball is a team sport. As a young kid all of my peers played baseball, I joined a T-ball team and even went to a variety of summer baseball camps to try and hone my skills. Still, I was the...
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SOS – Viva La France
Happy Bastille Day. It’s funny because just yesterday we bought tickets to Paris. As if we didn’t have enough going on, soon after we land in New Jersey, Mrs. Fussy and I are going back to gorge...
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The Joy of Travel
Traveling is hard. As of today, I’ve been on the road for about three weeks. But I’m in the home stretch. This weekend I’ll head to Virginia, and when I return there will only be a few more days on the...
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Wine, Cookies, Cheese, Beer and Fish
Today is it. The very last day for envelopes to arrive before I randomly shuffle, distribute and send out the City Dining Cards. Even if you tried to FedEx me an envelope, it would still get here too...
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The NY NJ Super Bowl
Did I already tell you this story? A few months ago, I found myself at an all-night diner outside of Newark with the kids. We were waiting for Mrs. Fussy to fly in from who-knows-where, and figured I’d...
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My Lazy Valentine
Friday is going to be here before you know it. At some point I heard that restaurants hate it when Valentines Day falls on a Friday or Saturday night. Those are busy nights anyway. Filling the joint on...
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P-Chops Reimagined
Try not to think of this as old news. When there is a social media pileup, sometimes it is advantageous to post last. Although to be fair, not everyone who attended the tour of the newest Price Chopper...
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Listening to the Wrong Customers
Owning a restaurant or a bar is a hard. Honestly, I don’t know how even the owners of successful places can sleep at night, because it’s a terrifying business. Long established ventures close up shop...
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Bring Your Own
It’s not every day that you get to spend quality time with distilling pioneers. But yesterday I dropped by Jersey Artisan Distilling and got to talk at length with Brant Braue and Krista Haley. They...
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Friday Fun and Monday Sun
This has been a great week for the FLB. At some point when I wasn’t paying attention, the comment count finally crossed the 10,000 mark! Sure, I’ve written a lot about food over the past few years, but...
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Not Fall Yet
Last night I was up late watching live streaming reports from Ferguson. Again. This has to stop. So today, you just get a tired rant. A short tired rant. But a tired rant nonetheless. Because it’s...
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Guest Post: Saratoga Wine & Food Fest
Tonight, I’m missing the Soul Cafe in Troy. Man, that’s a city that could use some healing. Getting people from different backgrounds around a table to share a meal might not solve the problem, but at...
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Funday: Consortium Sandwich
The blog goes through phases. Years ago it seemed like I wrote about Chipotle all. the. time. Then favored status moved on to All Good Bakers. I think The Cheese Traveler had a turn. Recently it seems...
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