by David | Aug 31, 2008 | media, reading & writing
Eagerly awaited: The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz – A little disappointing after all the buildup, but a wild ride and great airplane read. Wish I had a dictionary of Dominican Spanish slang. My personal takeaway quote: “Every snake...
by David | Aug 30, 2008 | eating, economics
Right on the heels of the terrible cheese/chocolate choice, I find that somebody has made an important cheese choice for me. I went to Diesel Cafe for lunch as I often do and ordered the Branch Trio as I often do – in fact, it was the winner of the Davis Square...
by David | Aug 29, 2008 | eating
Earlier this week I was in Santa Monica engaging in the dark art of qualitative marketing research. (For more insight into marketing research, try Lynne’s shiny new blog, Marketing Analytics) While dining with my colleagues, I discovered that they had been...
by David | Aug 28, 2008 | eating, travel
Peanut butter Nutella cookie. Why didn’t I think of that? At Jack ‘n’ Jill’s of Beverly Hills in Santa Monica.
by David | Aug 26, 2008 | photo, travel
About a week ago, I went to the Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna in Boston’s North End and had a glass of wine at Vinoteca Monica. Today, I’m in Santa Monica, so of course I went down to the famous pier. Maybe I should have waited for the fog to...