The Full Monty inside the Christo sandwich

Sometimes, a package is wrapped so beautifully, you don’t want to open it.  When the package contains food, I can get over that feeling pretty fast. Here’s something you may not know: everybody’s favorite West End French-themed Korean deli with a...

The world of like the 1980s

Despite my grouchiness, Donorschoose keeps sending me thank-you notes.  Despite my grouchiness, I keep finding them wonderful.  Today I received a batch of cards from the classroom of Mrs. Horton, where I had contributed to the purchase of a globe, and apparently some...

A billion dollars worth of pomo photo

Has everybody finally finished discussing Instagram’s billion buck Zuck-quisition?  Probably not, but I can’t wait for all the chatter to settle down to ponder what it means when a generation puts such a value on nostalgia for something they probably...

The Legend of the Passover Hamster

You know how every office has somebody that loves to tell stories, often the same ones again and agin?  I’m not gonna lie, it can be annoying, except when you get a really good story out of it.  This is one such story: The Legend of the Passover Hamster. It...

Fear of Falafel

Are you afraid of falafel?  Well, if you is or if you ain’t, I direct your attention to a bout of the limeduck national sport, overthinking, going on over at the Clover Food Lab (and trucks), where they sell a sandwich called “chickpea fritter” that...