Just a photo and eating afternoon spent in Colonia del Sacramento, across the river… What a gorgeous day to walk along the shore! And apparently I wasn’t the only one thinking that…. I really love the look of some of the old homes that have stood here for more than a century. And the side… Read More Time Out in Colonia
…what the McDonald’s sign in any Chinatown out there says… it’s a, more or less, transliteration: mài tāng láo. It doesn’t end up meaning anything in particular – the characters reading “wheat” “suitable” “labor”. Just noting. …if you were arriving in the right place, this was my welcome back to BsAs as we taxied in… Read More If you ever wondered…
“It’s what we’re known for. Nobody bad-mouths the roundup.” – Lynn Adams, Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce A last look back at eats in NYC this last week…. You might have thought after my polemic last October that I wouldn’t set foot in A Voce again. And, I probably wouldn’t have had one of my closest… Read More The Roundup
“We’re starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we’re doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that’s unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience’s… Read More All the Food that Fits We Print
Kate: I need bread. Eugene: What? Kate: I don’t have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt’s and get me a fresh rye bread. Eugene: Again? I just came back from Grennblatt’s. Kate: So you’ll go again. Eugene: I’m always going to the store. When I grow up, that’s all I’ll be trained to do, go… Read More 20 Views of Little Russia by the Sea
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller For those of you following along for the vicarious thrill of checking out NYC’s restaurant scene, today’s post is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. For those of you, for whom knowing… Read More Leisure Day
“These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draw out our miles and make them wearisome; But yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and delectable.” – from King Richard II, William Shakespeare The first question is whether to admit to a complete lapse in judgment…. …and admit that… Read More Streaked and Patchy with a Probability of Yum
“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