at the sign of The Pink Pig

Nashville Cat

[A Pig At Large by Wilfrid:  May 27, 2013]

I think it's about six years since I was last in Nashville, and the place hasn't changed much.  Work took me there on this occasion, but I found some time to play.

A welcoming city, nicely balmy at 80F, full of music (and beer, and whisky).  A little too full of churches for my personal taste (overheard: "If you don't finish your homework, you can't go to Bible class.")

Not a center of fine cuisine, even with the strides made in other US regional cities.  And in any case, I only had time for fast food.

At least there are independent burger and BBQ outlets in downtown.  Not just the chains.

Phoenix, Arizona

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  February 11, 2013]

A few days in Phoenix for meetings, and not much time to look around.

I snatched some photos here and there.  Above, Kincaid's, a "classic American grill," from the terrace.

The Local East Village: New Horizons For The Pink Pig

[A Pig at Large: by Kim Davis, September 15, 2010]

The man behind the "Wilfrid" mask, Kim Davis, has been taking some time away from pigging over the last couple of months, running up to the launch of a new hyperlocal news website, a collaborative effort between the New York Times and the New York University Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism.

I am Community Editor on the project, and you also risk reading yet more of my writing, if you follow the Local here.

Some Foodbuzzers: The Last Of SF

 [A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  November 23, 2009]

I just wanted to wrap up on the subject of the Foodbuzz blogging shindig in SF by linking to just some of the characters I met.

Impossible to link to everyone, but if you want to contemplate the ocean of online food writing out there, dive in here.

More Foodbuzzing: A Final Feast

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  November 14,2009]

I knew we weren't really lost, but I thought it would have done no harm to pause for refreshment and regrouping at a bar called the Bonanza in an otherwise pitch-black back street south of San Francisco central.

After all, the bar advertised a lingerie show, and I have always been interested in fashion.  But no.

More Foodbuzzing: Olive Oil For Breakfast?

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  November 13, 2009]

Olive oil for breakfast?  Why not?

Okay, maybe not the best idea, but you see it had been a late night.  I had fallen into conversation at the bar of Vesuvio with a lifetime resident of North Beach who, it turned out...

More Foodbuzzing: SF Street Food

[A Pig at Large:  November 12, 2009]

So there I was, just over a week ago, pleasantly buzzing on Iron Horse fizz, and set to move from the opening drinks at the Foodbuzz convention across the street to the Ferry Building where a series of the city's best street vendors were laying out supper.

Yes, the first thing one found was cold beer and a menu.  Then, a little further along the passageway at the front of the building...

Dateline San Francisco: Get Your Foodbuzz On

[A Pig at Large:  November 10, 2009]

Did Foodbuzz hold a food blogging convention, someone just asked me?  Oh yes they did, and I was one of some two hundred and fifty attendees.

I think Midtown Lunch and I formed the entire New York delegation, exemplifying quality rather than quantity.  The west coast was well represented, but so was Texas, and there were writers present from Alaska and Australia too.

Where's My Pig? (Blog Style This Week)

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  November 9, 2009]

Back from the Foodbuzz food blog shindig in San Francisco late last night, I do find myself running way behind with everything.  A very good time it was, and this week I am just going to do it blog-style - as seems appropriate, and put up posts and pictures whenever I can.

Keep checking back.

The End Of Paris: The Louvre And The Unicorn

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid: June 8, 2009]

I just wanted to throw out a couple of final Paris tips before we're done.  I apologize if the first is obvious.

Scroll down for the unicorn.