Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
…continuing from where we left off in the last post. The best laid plans and all that, I’d figured on an early start, get out, walk around, see a bit of San Pedro, and start hitting the museums when they open at 9, since their morning hours are 9-12, and then they don’t reopen until… Read More Another Day with St. Pete
“The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.” – Robert Fulghum, author, essayist The guests lingered over their coffee and water. Dinner was long over. We… Read More Day Trip – Saint Peter’s Burg
“Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.” – Milton Berle, comedian I’ve been hearing rumors recently of a quasi-New York Deli out in Villa Crespo. No one was claiming a reincarnation of Katz’s, but there was much hinting that it might just be “the… Read More A Bagel Does not a Deli Make
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.” – Swami Sivananda Given the few in number restaurants in Barrio Chino, you’d have thought by now I’d have tried them all. But no, there are still several that I haven’t gotten to. So, that’s on the… Read More Is Evvvverybody Happy? Más o Menos
“Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” – Jorge Luis Borges It’s been awhile since I’ve… Read More Eye of the Tigre
“The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.” – Boutros Boutros-Ghali It’s always tough to wrap-up a year, but it’s also kind of fun to just look… Read More The 2010 Wrap-Up
“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” – Buddha Somewhere on the fringes of my consciousness, a little outpost of creative Asian cuisine has been slowly climbing into the light. I’ve paid no real attention, most… Read More Sky-Eyed Sushi
“I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if there is something about them that I cannot give up on.” – John Barton, poet Over the last five and a half years in BA, I’ve given some reviews, both positive… Read More Revise or Rehash, That’s the Question