by David | Oct 18, 2008 | economics
Part of the winner’s curse when you buy art is that you often end up having to shell out even more cash to properly store or present it. So after getting another beautiful Keith Carter print at The Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Benefit Auction...
by David | Oct 17, 2008 | eating
The great Davis Square Cheese Sandwich battle got a little more interesting this week as second-place finisher Blue Shirt Cafe struck back at weakened champion Diesel Cafe. Diesel had won handily with the Branch Trio, but then took it off their menu, retiring...
by David | Oct 15, 2008 | culture, economics, media
I started off writing another “grumpy philanthropist” bit, but decided to mellow out a little for once. I’d been getting cheesed off at high-fuss low-impact online (and offline) awareness campaigns that didn’t really do enough for the causes. ...
by David | Oct 13, 2008 | eating
It’s not even officially duck season or rabbit season, but I keep ordering up delicious gamy dishes. Tonight’s full moon found me at Somerville fave EVOO (that’s foodie talk for Extra Virgin Olive Oil) by random chance. J brought a batch of peachy...
by David | Oct 10, 2008 | economics
That’s $42.70 if you’re keeping track. And that’s how much change was sitting in a jar in my kitchen when I finally dragged it off to the supermarket and dumped it into the coinstar machine. That’s right, I paid a big green box 8.9% of my...
