My Week Off: República Dominicana

January 7th, 2010
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Welcome to: Where I Spent My Week Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? I currently own three restaurants in NYC. And you have how many weeks off a year, generally? I try to take off at least twice a year, for about a week to 10 days […]

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My Week Off: Las Vegas…

January 7th, 2010
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Welcome to: Where I Spent My Week Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? I was a floor manager and beverage director for a [very popular] 110+ seat restaurant in SoHo, but I recently left. I’m currently on hiatus to travel until March.     And you have […]

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My Week Off: Turks & Caicos

January 6th, 2010
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Welcome to: Where I Spent My Week Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? I’m a chef. [And commercial kitchen consultant for several popular restaurants worldwide]. And you have how many weeks off a year, generally? Total? About 5 or 6. What made you choose the Turks & […]

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My Week Off: Costa Rica

January 6th, 2010
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Welcome to: Where I Spent My Week Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? I’m a real estate investor, developer and entrepreneur with considerable financial interest in the F&B industry. And you have how many weeks off a year, generally? I tend to take a lot of shorter […]

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Celebrate the Holidays…

December 10th, 2009
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… with the staff of The Standard Hotel. Gotta admit— the F&B/Hospitality industries really know how to throw a party like nobody else’s business! :)    

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Hello from Tokyo!

November 17th, 2009
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  MMmmm yummy… ? Vinegar Milk and Tabasco Coke! Run, don’t walk, to your nearest local Tokyo bodega today!                   *Thanks to James “Vinegar” Mielke and Martin Waterfield                

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The Travel Series – 04

October 15th, 2009
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hey remember when i said everybody is travelling this month? well in honor of peoples gallivanting alls over the globe when they should really probably be back home honoring all their responsibilites and whatnot, PX This is proud to bring you the fourth installation of our ongoing TRAVEL SERIES… … wherein some of the coolest […]

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Hotel Metropole – Lake Como, Bellaggio

October 6th, 2009
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Hotel Metropole – Lake Como, Bellaggio   lovely, isn’t it? unfortunately, the kinda asinine thing about this particular table is that it’s technically available only for dinner. which starts at 7PM. so if you would like to enjoy this incredible view at a reasonably sunlit hour so you can actually SEE all the magnificent mountains […]

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Clooney, Branson, and…

October 5th, 2009
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Clooney, Branson, and the Ghost of Versace   if you squint hard and look really really closely, you can see them in the windows!     Richard Branson “just bought this villa” on Lake Como     a closer look at Richard Branson’s new home. (eh, it’s okay. just a tad too small maybe, no?) […]

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The Travel Series – 03

September 30th, 2009
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hey remember when i said everybody is travelling this month? well in honor of peoples gallivanting alls over the globe when they should really probably be back home honoring all their responsibilites and whatnot, PX This is proud to bring you the third installation of our ongoing TRAVEL SERIES… … wherein some of the coolest […]

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