Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
“I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste – now that’s what I call memory!” – Morton Feldman, Composer Ann Arbor, Michigan – So, the reunion was a rollicking success, as we predicted it might be. Now,… Read More Taste Memories
“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.” – Tom Stoppard, playwright Ann Arbor, Michigan – It was a sign of the times. Only it used… Read More Memories
There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again.” – Bill Bryson, Writer Ann Arbor, Michigan – Many people have asked the question, “Can you go home again?” Just as… Read More Going Home?
Click here to purchase the SaltShaker Spanish – English – Spanish Food & Wine Dictionary The dictionary is back, for those of you who’ve been asking – it’s finally been published in soft-cover version and is available from a print on demand publisher. Hopefully it’ll get picked up by some folks like Amazon and others…… Read More New and Improved
New York City – Several folks have written me to protest that I haven’t blogged in a few days – geez, only four – I’m on vacation folks! But, I have a little time today and thought I’d catch up on a couple of things, just because – I may, depending on time, slam out… Read More Off in 212 and 313 Lands
I like to morph reality into theatrics.” – Robert Davi, Actor Buenos Aires – The last few weeks have been filled with theater. Perhaps filled is a stretch, but far more than I normally set about to watch. I mentioned a few weeks back going to see Cabaret, and since then we’ve popped off to… Read More Expensive Theatrics
Buenos Aires – I was all set to spend a little time catching up on some of the reviews I’ve been wanting to do when I happened to glance at the calendar and something about the date reminded me of my time here in Buenos Aires. I’ve been thinking that I’d arrived in early June,… Read More Dos Años
The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind” – Jacques Barzun, French educator Buenos Aires – I think I did well, really. It was the last day of class, and I guess back on day one they’d said something about a final exam, though… Read More Final Exams