WISHES

  • For Dinner

    BALTIMORE

    Thames St. Oyster House, The Charleston, CookHouse, Clavel

    WASHINGTON, D.C.,

    Albi, Lapis, Le Diplomate, Medina

    PHILADELPHIA

    Friday Saturday Sunday, Parc, Time, Talula’s Garden, Butcher and Singer

    NEW YORK CITY

    Din Tai Fung (constantly yearning for dim sum), Kyu, Adda, Boucherie

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    For After

    BALTIMORE

    Hotel Revival, Four Seasons Baltimore, The Pendry, The Ivy

    WASHINGTON, D.C.

    Pendry — The Wharf, The Line, Sofitel Lafayette Square, The Viceroy, The Melrose

    PHILADELPHIA

    The W, Sofitel, The Notary, The Westin, Guild House, Anna & Bel

    NEW YORK CITY

    The 1, Arlo SoHo & Midtown, Park Lane Hotel, Pendry Manhattan West, 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge

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    For the Body

    Spa treatment at the Four Seasons Baltimore, Fresh lobe piercings, Le Labo, Aesop, Catbird Jewelry, Van Cleef, Studebaker Metals

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    For the Tongue

    Loose-leaf Black Tea, Picpouls (thank Daphne Wynne for the introduction) and dry whites, Camemberts & Bries, jamon serrano, the queso fundido at Clavel,  homemade preserves, dulce de leche. 

    (I really dislike chocolate products—something about being a verified supertaster makes the flavor too astringent and bitter for my taste buds.)