by David | Apr 28, 2009 | culture, design, eating, media, reading & writing, urbanism, working
It’s not every day you go to a social media event in a cargo container sponsored by a shoe company and hear somebody invoke Thoreau when talking about Twitter. Today was just such a day. But first, I’ll back up to last night, when J (have I mentioned...
by David | Apr 28, 2009 | eating, urbanism
This weekend I blunched with fashion blogger A at the eccentrically capitalized LiNEaGe restaurant in Coolidge Corner. We were both a little shell-shocked at the sudden heat and immediately ordered up pomegranate Bellinis. While discussing the next Crisis in Denim...
by David | Apr 26, 2009 | eating, reading & writing, urbanism
Last week, I dined with professor M at Mu Lan, an unassuming looking Taiwanese restaurant not far from Kendall square in Cambridge. We ordered #54, sauteed shrimp with asparagus and #133, soft bean curd with green mustard and some brown rice. The shrimp and...
by David | Apr 22, 2009 | culture, design, media, urbanism
Last week the Young Members of DeCordova (YMOD) massed on Newbury street for a gallery walk. Both L and Professor M joined me and up to 75 other YMODers for a tour of nine Newbury street galleries. Honestly, we managed to visit only eight of them, and I’ll...
by David | Apr 20, 2009 | culture, design, economics, media, urbanism
Despite Professor M calling Shepherd Fairey some bad names, or perhaps because of it, I ventured to the ICA again this weekend. Adjectival museum buddy L joined me. I went prepared to really love or hate the work, but ended up feeling left a little cold by it, and...
by David | Apr 17, 2009 | eating, urbanism
Where’s my flux capacitor when I need it? We all live in the past to some extent, but a recent episode of dining in New York City with Professor N reaffirmed that we sometimes eat in the past too. First, we decided on the basis of a review in New York Magazine...
