Last year I reviewed Mandola’s Italian market. My review was positive and can be read here. My wife and I didn’t go to Mandola for a couple of months and just went back yesterday for an Italian fix.

Well, I unfortunately have to update my previous review.

The atmosphere and overall setting of the restaurant (market […]

Here we go again, I will be the one who complain and criticize one of Austin’s so called gem!

For my wife’s birthday I had decided to invite her to Uchi knowing her passion for Japanese and good food. We arrived at the restaurant expecting a wonderful […]

I craved mexican food for 2 weeks and Jessica finally gave in! So last night we decided to find an authentic, small, not fancy and “frequented by locals” mexican restaurant. As far as local we hit the spot, the restaurant is located not even 5 minutes from where we live. I believe that authentic is a term that fits with the place It’s not authentic in the sense that you feel in Mexico (or that the decoration comes from there like at the Fonda San Miguel, review to come) but in the sense that it’s not a franchise (I believe that there are 3 establishments under the same name though), not a corporate chain or a heavily marketed location.

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I’ll sound harsh once again but I have to. This cafeteria style restaurant serves great breakfasts in a funky, retro atmosphere. That was for our first visit on a Saturday morning.

Our second visit took place in the evening during the week. We ordered pretty standard plates such […]

After a few months of procrastination I finally finished my walnut table extension. I bought our old Henry 9 walnut table from my aunt a few years ago, it was in a bad shape and I started restoring its top back in Switzerland. My first attempt was decent enough but after a trip across the […]

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Il y a maintenant environs 2 mois, j’ai décidé de construire les étagères qui supporteraient les innombrables livres de Jessica ainsi que les miens. Ceci n’a rien avoir avec de quelconques économies mais bien par passion des meubles en bois. J’ai toujours aimé travailler le bois que ce soit dans notre ferme de famille en Suisse afin de nous chauffer ou lors de restauration d’intérieur.

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Quelques photos de la Nouvelle Orléans | A few pictures from New Orleans

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A new construction is starting next door.

In Switzerland an avergae house is built in a year or more, in the States it takes a mere 4 months or perhaps even less. In order to illustrate this difference I will be taking 1 picture a day from the same angle and blog it so you can […]