by David | Mar 8, 2007 | culture, economics, media, working
More pro-business news from the capital of the collapsing tunnel state:…members of the [Boston] City Council said yesterday they would consider forcing all corporate marketers to obtain city licenses before they can push products.Yes, you read that right. They...
by David | Mar 6, 2007 | culture, eating
Remember Random Apps of Kindness? Well, I do. I was foraging in my cupboards for something chocolately last night and I was overcome with a Proustian appreciation for desserts past: the mascarporeo. Here’s what I wrote about it last January:That seemed like a...
by David | Mar 4, 2007 | culture
by David | Feb 25, 2007 | culture, eating
I thought I knew a thing or two about chocolate, but Vermont-based Lake Champlain Chocolates has been schooling me ever since I discovered their Five-Star Bars via Steve Almond’s Candyfreak. I keep a couple of them in my wine fridge, below the Bordeaux....
by David | Feb 24, 2007 | culture, photo, travel
I got the film back from the 36 hours of relaxation I managed to squeeze out of the tail end of an otherwise grim business trip to Cannes. I’m really enjoying the inky blackness of shooting Tri-X at night, hand-held, underexposed and not even pushed....
by David | Feb 23, 2007 | culture, working
After my second cup of machine-generated coffee, I felt an urgent need to visit the smallest room in the office. Actually, it’s not in the office per se, but rather in a hallway outside the office, accessible to denizens of other offices. In fact, it might not...
