by David | Jul 5, 2008 | culture, eating
I’ve been talking about it for a good month. Julia was pushing for it. People thought I wouldn’t do it, or couldn’t do it, even shouldn’t do it. I wasn’t all that sure myself, but this July 4th, with the help and indulgence of some good...
by David | Jun 26, 2008 | culture, economics, media, reading & writing, transportation
Until the phone carriers and MBTA collude to spoil it, my daily subway commute is the only time that I’m completely unavailable to the outside world. No phone calls, no email, no social networks. At only three stops, the journey is too brief to really get into a...
by David | Jun 19, 2008 | culture, eating, media, technology
I met up with some good folks I used to work with for our quasi-monthly “fest.” We chose Minado, an all-you-can-eat sushi and buffet joint in Natick across the street from the shiny new mall that’s too cool to call itself a mall, the Natick...
by David | Jun 7, 2008 | culture, eating, media, photo, urbanism
Looking for something to do after work Friday, I perused the listings at Boston Photography Focus, a local photo scene blog produced by the fine folks at the Photographic Resource Center. I decided to visit Gallery NAGA which was open late due to the general First...
by David | May 25, 2008 | culture, economics
I’m interested in charity from several perspectives – personally, I think it’s a moral duty; professionally, it’s baked into the business model where I work; and academically, I like to geek out on the behavioral economics. So, when this item...
by David | May 13, 2008 | culture
Sadly, there’s nothing like a high-profile natural disaster to give Americans a crash-course in world geography and politics. It might have been Peterman’s getaway on Seinfeld, but Myanmar has been under military dictatorship since 1992, and life was hard...
