by David | Dec 9, 2009 | culture, reading & writing
Last week, we took Book Club to a new level with a guest appearance by the author – Belmont’s own Toby Lester – of our chosen book, The Fourth Part of the World. I had worried that such an august presence would impede the club’s traditional...
by David | Dec 4, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
Talking pastry with stylish eyed media maven M, I heard her kvell about something called “shfooyadell” which I had never heard of. Or so I thought. It turns out that we were talking about sfogliatelle in a more casual – and probably realistic...
by David | Nov 5, 2009 | culture
A casual Yankees fan at best – I fail all tests of fanaticism for sports – I watched the 2009 World Series with more than passing interest, and it delivered the bookend I had hoped for, closing a chapter opened at the 2001 series. In 2001, the world series...
by David | Nov 3, 2009 | culture, design, economics, media, reading & writing, technology
I watched with interest as Barnes & Noble released the Nook, an electronic book reading thing that’s pretty similar to Amazon’s Kindle. I immediately thought of Microsoft’s Zune music player, released well after Apple’s iPod had pretty...
by David | Oct 31, 2009 | culture, design, media, urbanism
There hasn’t been a halloween themed post proper on the ‘duck yet, but a series of random events (and the annual invite to GP’s house o’ horrors) have conspired to make it so. I was up at Tufts for a panel discussion called Framed:...
by David | Oct 27, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
I’l love to blog about Somerville’s Ball Square Fine Wines & Liquors’ recent expansion and renovation, their superior selection and the expertise of their staff. Anybody who’s been there can attest to those. Instead I shall blog about...
