Posts Written OnMay 31, 2005

Some of Long Island’s better (and best) restaurants have one thing in common…they can be found on Routee 25a as it winds through St. James along the north shore of Long Island. Take a drive along Suffolk County’s "restaurant row" and you’ll come upon Mirabelle (which is widely regarded as one of L.I.’s top restaurants, Kitchen - A Bistro (a BYO championed by area chefs as their favorite spot to eat), Bella Vita City Grill (a highly-rated Italian-American), and Oscar’s of St. James, where Nena and I dined a little over a week ago. Top-to-bottom, it was one of the…

Nena and I still rent…a cute little beach bungalow of a house about a mile from the Long Island Sound. As such, we have fought the desire to beautify the outside too much…usually sticking with some flowers in the front and cleaning up all the leaves in the spring. But this year, we’re trying our hands at a small garden. Our soil is less than ideal (it’s basically sand with some rocky fill dumped on top of it), so we’re keeping it small and not going overboard. But, I planted it Sunday morning with: 8 tomato plants 4 bell pepper…