Tag: Sama Fraternal Society

  If you are a regular reader of The Sama Gazette (aka a Sama-Reader), then you probably already know the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society.  It has been a while since we first mentioned it on the Gazette and many of you are very interested in the idea of a Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society. We also are. And we are working on it, as the information already leaked from a careless but still beloved Sama Team member (it starts with an ...

If you are a member of the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society, you definitely appreciate good (red) wine. And if you do, you probably already have a wine rack at home. And if you do, you might be interested by this one: the Metal Wine Cage. A dozen bottles of your prized vintages rest within the safe confines of our padlock-equipped wine cage. Built of hand-welded and fabricated iron Features a rustic finish Approx. 40 lbs. Dimensions: 37-1/2″W x ...

  Well, 2009 will soon be over. We have enjoyed sharing with you the many topics we talked about on the Sama Gazette since it was launched this Summer. You are great Sama-Readers and we are very proud you like this place, a piece of the World of Sama we all love. It’s time to go back on our previous posts before our first one of 2010. We hope you will still be there next year, be assured the Sama Team will be. And many thanks to Max Dana for ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s time for the turkey, with family and/or friends, and for the holidays. We hope you will all enjoy this time of the year, although Thanksgiving is not celebrated outside of North America. For those who still don’t know what Thanksgiving is about (the word itself says it all), here comes the definition taken from Wikipedia: Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United ...

  If you frequently read the Sama Gazette, then you know we appreciate l’Art de vivre à la Française (French Art of Living) and that we are seriously thinking about launching the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society for real. Our friends at Cool Hunting (website and @coolhunting) have posted a very interesting article about French company Côté Bastide bath products they discovered while staying at the Hotel Pastis (funny name) in Saint Tropez ...

At that time, the video showing Kanye West grabbing the mic as Taylor Swift accepts her award on stage at the MTV’s Video Music Awards this week-end, has been seen worldwide. He obviously drank too much, as we could see him taking swigs from a bottle on the VMAs carpet. Some did enjoy the show, some others say it was a disrespectful act, and some others think the whole thing was a publicity stunt. The Sama Team decided to investigate; read below the ...

  It’s Friday night, it’s late, let’s talk about serious stuff: Whiskey Stones. I don’t drink much (unlike some other members of the Sama Team, I will not give away any names, they will recognize themselves) but I have to admit the idea of the Whiskey Stones sounds great for any Manhattan on the rocks amateurs. Stones, in your Bourbon? Exactly!   Here is how it works (taken from ‘Why This Gets The Delight Seal of ...

For our first post in the ‘Bon vivant’ Category, we wanted to honor one of the many epicurean pleasures a ‘bon vivant’ enjoys. Food, that it. Food in a movie. “Julie & Julia” is an upcoming 2009 comedy-drama film, written and directed by Nora Ephron, depicting events in the life of famed chef Julia Child. Based on two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with ...