“Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.” – Dan Millman, author One of my goals for this year, as I think I mentioned a couple of months ago, is to get myself out to my competition – i.e.,, the other… Read More Raise the Red Lantern
“Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.” – Joe Baca, congressman How could we pass up a chance to celebrate 5 de Mayo? It also gave us an easy reason to shift our schedule this week to Thursday and Friday… Read More ¡Olé!
“Whenever royalty visits, I think it is something that really excites people, gets them interested in heritage and culture.” – Bruce Gjovig, author, director of Center for Innovation and Business Once a year our friend Ronica Sajnani comes to spend time in Buenos Aires, tango a bit, hang out a bit, and cook a bit.… Read More La Hindu
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” – Alan Watts, author, primarily on Zen Buddhism I don’t know that there’s any meaning to the word zensato, though a quick search leads to various artists from one of that name doing… Read More Peaceful Sushi & Stir-Fries
“No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity.” – William Shakespeare, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Although we’d missed our 4th Sunday vegetarian dinner because of my absence, all was not lost and we simply held it on the following… Read More Entering the Merry Month of May
“All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved – probably too starved to go on writing myself.” – Penelope Lively, author It was a leap… Read More NYC Redux
“I was supposed to eat something new, so I tried the roasted soft squid. I ate just a bite of it. It was fascinating and completely gross.” – Jason Kotecki, cartoonist, author, public speaker Bah, what does he know?! We love our tentacled creatures be they boiled, roasted, or braised, or… well, as in the… Read More All the Wriggly Tentacles
MARY: Is there anything that you miss about New York when you’re there? MARC: Not really. Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen. – Mary Clarke interview with Marc Jacobs, in Index Magazine Back and getting back in the swing of things. I find myself wondering… Read More Hey, Let’s TP that Pizza!