for and by sophisticated executive travelers
Wildfire Grill, a restaurant I've written about before as one of the few bright spots in the Perimeter area of Atlanta, features a selection of half-priced bottles on Monday nights. Tonight I enjoyed a 2007 Rosenblum Petit Syrah for just $19.50. Rosenblum is a consistent maker of lovely wines that capture the territory of their little piece of … [Read more...]
Your Nomad-in-Chief recently spent a few days in London on business and was delighted to discover a couple of wonderful new restaurants (at least new to Executive Nomad) as well as revisiting an old favorite. Angelus, just north of Hyde Park, is a lovely French brasserie housed in a former pub. It is a neighborhood kind of place, yet certainly … [Read more...]
Perhaps it is the unrelenting heat and humidity here in the northeast but it is pet peeve time here at Executive Nomad: it's time for bar waiters to learn their wine lists. Last week, I met colleagues at Woodward, the bar at the new Ames Hotel in Boston. The setting was lovely. We sat in the quiet second floor bar in comfortable club chairs … [Read more...]
There's a new Kimpton in town (NYC, that is), the Eventi. I stopped there for a night recently to check it out. Its location is ideal if you are traveling by train as it is close by Penn Station though the immediate neighborhood still doesn't offer a lot of diversions beyond that. Just south, however, is the heart of Chelsea and the Flatiron … [Read more...]
Hotel restaurants seem to be going incognito more and more. On sites like Open Table present the restaurants as stand-alone concerns, I assume by design of the client, which can be fine -- or not. I admit that I generally steer away from hotel dining because it tends to be either boring, over-priced, or both. I was recently on a whirlwind trip … [Read more...]
I've been thinking a lot about craft lately. One hears about the art of travel -- mostly in what's left of the glossy magazines and usually with regard to some grand adventure, not business travel. I think that craft is a much better choice of words. Traveling well for business requires honing skills over time: the ability to pack (so … [Read more...]
I have to say that I was disappointed when the Legal Sea Foods outpost at Reagan National Airport (DCA) closed. It was a lovely end-of-the-business-day oasis before the shuttle flight offering real food (compared with the fast food fare on the other side of the security check point) and an excellent wine list. I was afraid that it would be … [Read more...]
Your Nomad-in-Chief recently spent several days in Atlanta for a variety of meetings. My hotel, chosen by my hosts, was the Marriott Perimeter Center -- an older property in need of a refresh. Despite the stuck-in-the-80's feel, the staff was quite friendly and helpful and the suite we used for meeting spacious and comfortable. The Perimeter is … [Read more...]
A recent foray into Manhattan gave me the opportunity to try The Fitzpatrick, a relatively new hotel on Lexington between 56th & 57th Streets. It is operated by an Irish group and has another hotel in the Grand Central area as well as properties in Ireland. It's done in the classic style -- furniture reminiscent of some not-quite-discernable … [Read more...]
I made a quick, yet pleasant, trip to San Jose to help facilitate the Executive Council's Value-based Sustainability Summit for which I served as consulting editorial director. Admittedly a bit biased, I found it to be an interesting day with speakers from Coca-Cola (going net carbon neutral at the upcoming Olympic games in Vancouver), UPS … [Read more...]
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