I8tonite: Bold Living in International Indianapolis, The Middle of Everything.
Indiana and South Korea’s Newest Relationship Grows Midwest Dining and Manfacturing. Nick and I celebrated five years of living in Indianapolis. It was a big cross-country drive, but we were old hats at it, having relocated from West Hollywood to Phoenix, then Orange County and finally Palm Springs before motoring eastward. Each relocation was for […]
Read MoreBeautiful, Longer Days: Foraging for Wild Onions & Garlic
Foraging for wild garlic and onions during Imbolc, a Celtic tradition.
Read MoreMean Streets of Hollywood to Sweet Noblesville, Indiana
Kate Baker, Executive Director of Noblesville Main Street, Takes I8tonite on a tour of her town.
Read MoreMy Indy Neighbor Makes the Best Jerk Chicken
My neighbor makes the best jerk chicken.
Read More2023 Gratitude, A Love Letter from Indy
Someone asked me if I liked living in Indianapolis. I won’t lie, I do. It’s an easy place to live. The cost of living is low. And, I genuinely love the Midwestern sky even when it’s a wintry gray; though, as I type this, instead of being a cold industrial hue, it’s the color of […]
Read MoreI8tonite: Final Top Three Favorite 2023 Indy Eating Experiences
The final three favorites restaurant experiences for 2023.
Read Morei8tonite: Top Favorites Eats, 2023: Delicious, Easy Recipe for Hasselback Potatoes
Our favorite meals over the last year. And a Thanksgiving Hasselback Potato Recipe. I spoke to a born and bred Hoosier who said to me, “Hoosiers are humble. We don’t talk about the great things we offer.” In today’s day and age of marketing and promotion, no one wants to dine at your table if […]
Read MoreI8tonite Countdown, The Top 8: Favorite Midwest Eats 2023.
Or, How My Pants Stopped Fitting. The New York Times, my favorite daily read, published their third annual The Restaurant List: The 50 places in the United States that we’re most excited about right now” in September. While the title implies coverage of 50 states, they only selected restaurants in 28 states, doubling or tripling […]
Read MoreTop 5 So Cal Coffee Shops: A Coffee Klatching, Caffeinated Road Trip
Southern California’s love affair with coffee goes way back to earlier land settlers and cattle-drivers. The pioneers would awake to the rising sun while a blazing campfire is percolating that first pot of mud juice. According to True West Magazine (October 2001), “Cowboys were undoubtedly the most devoted group of coffee drinkers in the West. […]
Read Morei8tonite: 24 Hours of Eating in Irvine, California
Irvine, a bedroom community in Orange County, is often spoken about as a homestead of possible Utopian living with green trees, cookie cutter homes, and maybe an ethnic market selling something as exotic as dark chocolate or unroasted nuts. In truth, it’s a thriving urban area with an incredibly diverse population – and food to […]
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