Category Archives: Family

Sunday Photo – Happy Mothers’ Day!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by docsconz in Family, Holidays, Retro Photos, Upstate NY

Happy Mothers’ Day!!!
Happy Mothers’ Day to all mothers’, everywhere and especially to my wonderful wife and mother of our sons, to whom I also would like to wish the Happiest of Birthdays!
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De Librije – Dutch for Delightfully Delicious!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by docsconz in BeNeLux, Big Green Egg, Cheese, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel, Wine

Well, delightfully delicious is not the literal translation of De Librije from the Dutch, but based upon my recent meal at the restaurant and night at their hotel, perhaps it should be. De Librije literally means “the library” just like [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 8 – Parting in Paris

Posted on March 19, 2013 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, France, Hotels, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

Paris. Need I say more? Perhaps not, but I will. We took a 10AM high speed train to the Gare Lyon and made our way to our final apartment of this trip. The apartment was located in the Marais, a [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 7 – Lovely Lyon

Posted on March 14, 2013 by docsconz in At the Market, Bocuse D'Or, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Culinary Shopping, Family, Food and Drink, France, Hotels, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Travel

Our timing for the drive to the train station was good. With a 12 noon train, we missed the rush hour traffic and made it to Brussels with plenty of time to find the Car Rental return and get our [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 6 – A Return to Belgium

Posted on March 13, 2013 by docsconz in BeNeLux, Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Hotels, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel

Sunday morning was another early start as we had another three hour drive, this time back up into Belgium, east of Brussels, in the small village of Liernu, to have lunch at L’Air du Temps.
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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 5 – A Foray Into Northern France

Posted on March 7, 2013 by docsconz in Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, France, Hotels, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

The drive started out easily enough. The night was cold, but it was dry. Fortified with coffee, I was wide awake. As we made our way into the French countryside, there was hardly another vehicle on the road. With powder [...]

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A Little Love For Le Cirque

Posted on January 8, 2013 by docsconz in Cheese, Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Starchefs, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel, Wine

It had been quite a while since I had last been to Le Cirque, one of the legendary restaurants of NYC culinary history. I was there a few years ago for a party during the StarChefs ICC, but the last [...]

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Sunday Photo – Lucy

Posted on January 6, 2013 by docsconz in Family, Photo Posts, Upstate NY

We had an extra pet in our home for the holidays. Lucy, my brother’s dog, had a vacation with my family and our animals, while my brother and his son (Docsconz contributor Lucas Sconzo) spent the holidays visiting friends in [...]

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Sunday Photo – It Is Balloon!

Posted on September 30, 2012 by docsconz in Events, Family, Photo Posts, Travel, Upstate NY

Ever since I was a kid watching F-Troop, I have been fascinated by hot air balloons. For those of you who remember the show, you may recall the line “It is balloon!” in the opening sequence. Chances are you do [...]

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Wet and Wild – Meatopia 2012

Posted on September 10, 2012 by docsconz in Culinary Personalities, Family, Food and Drink, Food Events, LJ Sconzo, Meatopia, New York City, Photo Posts, Sara Gardener, Slow Food, Top Tastes, Travel

The clouds strode up menacingly over the Manhattan skyline. I had just arrived with my son and my brother a half hour after the main doors opened. I drove down from Saratoga with my son after having attended the Saratoga [...]

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