I had the amazing experience of eating at Momofuku Ssam Bar a few weeks ago while I was in New York. My friends Dan and Kathryn took me and I let them order whatever they thought was good. I have to say that it was one of the most sublime eating experiences I’ve had in [...]
Entries from July 2008
Charlie Rose Interviews Chef David Chang
July 29th, 2008 · · Food and Drink
Tags: Food and Drink·restaurants
We Salute You
July 11th, 2008 · · Music, Personal
Amazing blog: For Those Who Tried to Rock, chronicling “every band to have been formed by teens with that perfect mixture of big dreams and questionable talent in suburban garages, high school music rooms, and college dorms across America. And to preserve them cryogenically with the very dry ice they once merited, for future generations.”
You’d [...]
Tags: gitchband
Air Travel in Crisis
July 10th, 2008 · · Travel
The Toronto Star reports today that Air Canada is laying off another 632 flight attendants, trying to cut costs associated with the soaring cost of fuel. Most interesting was a compilation of measures other airlines are taking in a desperate effort to keep flying:
American Airlines has removed pillows from most domestic flights to save [...]
Tags: airlines·obesity·peakoil
New York Audioblogs
July 1st, 2008 · · Film, Personal, Travel
Brooke and I got home last night from four days in New York City. While Brooke attended the Origami USA annual convention, I was free to wander the city and get into mischief. The weather was incredibly hot and humid and there were unpredictable and wild storms on both Saturday and Sunday. Since I had [...]