Red velvet with that slow southern style

by | Feb 9, 2011 | eating, urbanism

Red. Velvet. Fried. Chicken. I heard the rumor that somebody at OMG Red Velvet would be serving red velvet fried chicken and assumed it must be the clever folks at Hungry Mother, what with their southern thing.  But when I arrived, I found none other than the...

Five ways to duck the question

by | Feb 8, 2011 | culture

“So, what do you do for work?” Surely this is the most hackneyed and unimaginative of all possible conversational gambits.  Yes, it’s polite to inquire about your interlocutor instead of blathering endlessly about yourself, but in a social setting,...

Red velvet if you please

by | Feb 7, 2011 | eating, urbanism

“Hey, aren’t you limeduck?” I froze like a raccoon caught hot-wiring a Mazda coupe.  I was with ubranaut C at Flour Bakery and one a table of women making valentine decorations thought she knew me.  As it turns out, it was none other than...