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.
“As an artist, you don’t think about the parabola or the arc you’re describing or where you’re going to ultimately end up, you’re just kind of crawling around, seeing what’s out there.” – Michael Nesmith, musician, former member of The Monkees Those of you who’ve followed me for some time know that one of the… Read More A Bit o’Crawling About
“I grew up in a very humble way. My intent was never to come out and say I’m the best.” “I got really low score – what the fuck was that. That piss me off.” “Maybe they do not understand other culture; those things really bug my ass.” (speaking of the critics judging his food… Read More Shang-a-delic
“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.” – Oscar Wilde …Fifth anniversary that is… of this blog. It’s odd, it seems as if I’ve been writing it far longer than that, and as this date approached… Read More I’m Taking the Fifth…
“Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” – Max Amsterdam You’d think given my penchant for a good sandwich that someone would have mentioned Café Paulin, Sarmiento 635 in Centro, to me at some point during the last five or so years. But to the best of… Read More The Sandwich Money Tree
“On a hill overlooking Granada, the Alhambra – a sprawling palace-citadel that comprised royal residential quarters, court complexes flanked by official chambers, a bath, and a mosque – was begun in the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Ahmar, founder of the Nasrid dynasty, and was continued by his successors in the fourteenth century. Its most celebrated… Read More The Little Red Fortress
“I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a has-been than a might have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.” – anonymous In the ever widening search… Read More Oui Oui? Non non? Peut-être Peut-être…
“The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, “That is all there was!?” – Victor Hugo For a couple of years, a friend of mine… Read More Give them enough rope and…
“If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they only print your thumbs.” – Arthur “Bugs” Baer, journalist, humorist A quick trio of casual eats from lunches over the last couple of weeks… Just off the corner of Rivadavia and Uriburu is a small, old-time feeling cafe called… Read More Two Thumbs Up, One Down