by David | Feb 1, 2010 | culture, eating, urbanism
OK, it might not be the most hotly-contested category, but it’s a tasty one. I met up with intrepid gastronaut J to check out the Plough and Stars Sunday Night Chicken and Fish Fry and we were not disappointed. And believe me, we’ve tried our share of...
by David | Jan 25, 2010 | culture, design
This is why, in the old days, you had to grind ink for a year before they let you touch a brush.
by David | Jan 11, 2010 | culture, design
Starting a sumi-e class. It’s not so much the ink or the subject matter, it’s the way of seeing.
by David | Jan 1, 2010 | design
Well, we’ve made another trip around the sun, just one of the possible significances of this year’s new year card image. In a break from historical practice, rather than using a photograph of some kind, I hand-painted one of these circles on each card....
by David | Dec 22, 2009 | culture, design, eating
by David | Dec 21, 2009 | photo, travel
by David | Dec 20, 2009 | photo, travel
by David | Dec 19, 2009 | eating, travel
by David | Dec 19, 2009 | culture, reading & writing, travel
Getting information in three languages you can’t speak is much more informative than getting it in just one.
by David | Dec 18, 2009 | culture, eating, travel
by David | Dec 9, 2009 | culture, reading & writing
Last week, we took Book Club to a new level with a guest appearance by the author – Belmont’s own Toby Lester – of our chosen book, The Fourth Part of the World. I had worried that such an august presence would impede the club’s traditional...
by David | Dec 6, 2009 | eating, urbanism
When you live outside the tropics, it’s sort of hard to buy “local chocolate.” You can buy from a local chocolatier, which is somebody who buys chocolate from someplace else and melts, molds, rolls, carves and otherwise remakes it into delicious...
