“The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past.” – Brian Koslow, entrepreneur and author We’re continuing our little walk down memory lane and re-creating favorite bits of menus from the past. Last time we left off with fall of 1996. Looking at… Read More The Early Years VI
“What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.” – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Philosopher Your only critical decision this morning is whether you’re going to go with flavedo and albedo, or exocarp and mesocarp. We’re going to completely ignore the endocarp and vesicles. Really, it’s that simple. I’ll wait. Okay,… Read More Just My Type, Mrs. Peel
“Pythagoras, like the Chaldeans under whom he studied, thought that souls ended up in fava beans. My college philosophy textbook contained the fragmentary Pythagorean tenet “abstain from beans,” not explaining that it might have something to do with eating your forebears. (Heraclitus referenced this in his own aphorism on human fallibility: “Pythagoras may well have… Read More Some fava beans and a nice…
“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.” – Cindy Sherman, photographer Another of my mini-roundups of places that I’ve checked out recently but that may (or may not) require another visit or two for a full review. A canastita, or “little basket”, at Pizza… Read More Tidbits and Looks Ahead
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“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.” – Sinclair Lewis, author You might not even think of Buenos Aires’ Catedral Metropolitana… Read More Cathedral, Version 6.1
“… Although your dominion is small, however, your State is one of the most honored of all history” – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States When I spotted that this weekend was Republic Day in San Marino I thought that would be a great theme – especially with a sort of round number like… Read More Revisiting the Oldest Enclave
“There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through.” – Dan Rice, artist Continuing on down the Museum Mile, or, in reality, a bit of back and forth, since I’m going back to the start and… Read More Rolling on Down the Museum Mile