Beacon Hill Chocolates

It is no secret that I really enjoy chocolate, and in fact, start every morning with (at least one) piece, alongside my morning coffee.  By mid-day, I'm ready for a sweet treat after lunch, generally involving chocolate again.   Luckily for me, there are many, many chocolatiers in this world, and thus, I have constant opportunity to try more chocolate essentially all the time.Which leads me to Beacon Hill Chocolates, based in Boston, in, yup, you guessed...

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Koolfi Creamery

As part of the SF Vacant to Vibrant program, the SF government is “helping small businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural organizations activate vacant storefronts to revitalize the area and promote economic recovery”, by paying their rent for the first few months, giving them grant money to seed their operations, providing resources to help with securing permits, etc. Many of these vacant storefronts are around my office and neighborhood, and it has been...

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Lufthansa Business Class, Short Haul, Europe

Update Review, May 2024 TravelFlight Details:Route: UA 8766 / LH 1622, Munich to KrakowDeparture: 11:25amArrival: 12:45pmSeat: 1AAircraft: A321Standard inter-Europe flight, first class with middle seat blocked out, short flight, but still full meal service. Nothing notable or out of the ordinary. Note: no wifi available.Food & DrinkMeal Tray.I was seated in the first row, and had a meal tray in front of me within moments of when the FA could stand up.  No...

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Convene Catering

Convene is a meeting space and event venue with several locations in the US, including in San Francisco, where I recently attended a one day event.  The space was well laid out with flexible room sizes, open spaces for breakouts, etc.  It is an attractive, modern space, and the event staff seemed quite professional.But we are here to talk about the food and drink of course.  Our conference hosts selected a package that included all day snacks/drinks,...

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