Dine and Discovery

 Welcome and thank you for taking the time to join me here. I am a middle-aged man who grew up not knowing the difference between Select and Prime, what fork to use for a salad, and likely to choose fast food over a home cooked meal. When I met, Terri, that changed. Together over 3 decades we have been on an adventure together and the paths we have chosen has led us to learning much about food, wine, spirits, beer, mead, and how to travel on a budget of nearly zero. I am firmly part of two communities in the United States. One is close to my roots, mid-west in sensibility, and the other, affluent, well-placed in the upper middle-class and part of the nation vacations are expensive. I love both. In the early days of the internet, I dreamed of helping by sharing my hard-fought experiences as a poor bachelor. These days I want to share stories of our travels, food we eat, and drinks we share with friends. My son, an avid aficionado of many topics, is a self-educated bourbon hound as w...