Author: Dan Dickinson

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A Long Weekend In London

London, From On High — I spent a long weekend in England last weekend.

A brief stop in Windsor. — There was a brief stop in Windsor, where Katie was finishing up a work trip.

Hotel life. — But we were largely in London, staying at the Mondrian on South Bank.

What Are We Gonna Do Now? — We visited some excellent bars.

"Chico de Ganso" at Callooh Callay — And we drank many excellent cocktails, like this “Chico de Ganso”: Ron Zacapa rum, black cherry emulsion, chocolate, orange, lime, Orinoco bitters, yoghurt powder.

Crab Salad at Bob Bob Ricard — We ate many things.

Happy Parents — We even managed to catch up with my parents, a quarter of the way around the world.

And we explored. — And we explored a great city that I have steadily grown to love.

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Foursquare Lists, For Your Enjoyment

Post author By Dan Dickinson
Post date April 14, 2017
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My love for the location-focused social network Foursquare (and it’s sibling check-in game, Swarm) is no secret. I’ve found it adept for finding new spots locally and when I travel. The community rating numbers tend to be very on the nose and trustworthy. And it’s also perfect for maintaining lists of places, as I just made heavy use of while in London to tick off places I had been recommended.

With that in mind: the two questions I get the most are “Where should I eat?” and “Where should I drink?”. Typically, my answers immediately start drilling into specifics (neighborhood? price? formality? noise level? occasion?). But I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’d rather just give people a broad list to start with – there’s too many good places to just keep them in my head.

So here are my core lists, “A Restaurant For Everywhere” and “A Cocktail Bar For Everywhere“. They’re not bound to one city (the cocktail list used to be NYC focused), so if you’re traveling places I’ve been, it should come in handy. Both lists run the gamut from quick and casual to super upscale. Take a look and I’m sure you’ll find something to love. (Lists are in no particular order.)

If you’d rather get location specific (and not just food/drink), three lists of loved spots in the cities I can be found most often: New York City, Jersey City, and Portland.

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Remembering The Good Of 2016

Post author By Dan Dickinson
Post date January 1, 2017
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The prevailing sentiment among my social circle as we end a year of celebrity death, dismay, and non-stop electoral insanity is “fuck 2016”. With each day bringing some new blunt emotional trauma, I get and fully understand it.

On personal reflection, though: it’s not been a bad year. It’s been a surprisingly decent year. And I’ve been terrible at keeping track of the year that was here, as opposed to other social mediums. I’m reasonably worried about losing track of the year and just writing it off as “that year Trump won and every celebrity died”.

So, with that in mind, some personal highlights from the year that was.