by David | Sep 17, 2008 | culture, media, photo, transportation, urbanism
It’s rare that I know something about social media that C.C. Chapman doesn’t, but earlier this evening I left the third WBUR social media get-together and saw this tweet. So, for C.C. and others, let me set the context. WBUR’s social media guy, Ken...
by David | Sep 13, 2008 | culture, design, media, photo
Last month I visited San Francisco and engaged in some art-peeping and food-eating with Professor N and La Doctorante. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to SFMoMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where I saw the headline show of Frida Kahlo...
by David | Sep 12, 2008 | culture, eating, media, urbanism
I found out, at the last minute as per usual, that the final performance of Harborwalk Sounds at the ICA was last night. I quickly diverted prior plans with J (sorry, Toro, we’ll be back) and took the other side of the silver line to the ICA. Harborwalk Sounds...
by David | Sep 10, 2008 | culture, eating
This weekend I was hanging out at the Hudson Street Gallery in chinatown and popped in to Hing Shing Pastry for a snack. They were out of their delicious peanut butter buns, but they did have this peculiarly detailed pig-shaped item in an equally pig-shaped plastic...
by David | Sep 4, 2008 | culture, economics, urbanism
No, I don’t mean the trouble all those college kids are getting into, I mean Charity Muggers, or “chuggers” as the limeys call them. I was at lunch with @tangyslice in Davis square today and observed him live-blogging the local charity panhandlers. ...
by David | Sep 1, 2008 | culture, design, photo, urbanism
A few weeks ago, I got a call from C, asking me some odd questions about framing and insurance. It turns out he’s setting up a (temporary?) gallery in some vacant space in a building his family owns in Chinatown. I’ve blogged once or twice about the...
