by David | Sep 4, 2009 | culture, eating, media, photo, urbanism
After a brief tour of St. Lucy’s feast, I was joined by Professor M at Nebo, a a nice little enoteca and restaurant at the cusp of the North End. We enjoyed a crisp Gavi bianco, eggplant timballo and a pizza bianco con rucola. Next to the bar was a painting...
by David | Sep 3, 2009 | culture, urbanism
A scene from St. Lucy’s feast, a somewhat less grand appendix to St. Anthony’s feast held in the same North End streets. I managed to get some decent sound this time. For those keeping track, St. Lucy is patron(ness?) of the blind and often pictured...
by David | Sep 1, 2009 | eating
I walked into the sandwich shop in a bit of a morning fog, outside my usual breakfast zone, and surveyed the pastries. No savory scones here, not even a forlorn croissant, just doughy-looking bagels (feh) and a rag-tag assortment of muffins. I selected the lemon...
by David | Aug 30, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
Looking for a place to get away from it all yesterday morning, I trudged a few blocks in the rain to the Atomic Bean Cafe, which had opened in the shell of Mojo Records a few months ago. I knew I could go a few more blocks to Dado Tea for a nice savory scone, but...
by David | Aug 29, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
What’s better than rice? Risotto. What’s better than risotto? Fried risotto, that’s what. Fried balls of rice with cheese, meat and sometimes other stuffings are called arancini (“little oranges”) in Italy, and I was lucky enough to...
by David | Aug 23, 2009 | culture, eating, reading & writing, urbanism
I ventured to South Boston today to meet up with Fashion Blogger A. I was waiting in a cafe near the Broadway T and noticed a tragic typeo writeo error: Here’s the deal: Arugula is lettuce. Italians call it rucola. Rugelach are delicious pastry of Ashkenazic...
by David | Aug 19, 2009 | culture, economics, reading & writing
I’m a big proponent of the rights of authors to profit from the sale of their work, but I’m also a fan of the first-sale doctrine that lets me give away, lend or sell my copy of that work once I legally acquire it. So, while I am mindful that when I buy a...
by David | Aug 18, 2009 | eating
When the weather gets into the 90s I try to stay inside during daylight hours, as much for the shade as the humidity-cutting air conditioning. So it’s important to have lunch material on hand to avoid having to go out. What I thought was scraping the bottom of...
by David | Aug 8, 2009 | culture, design, economics, media, reading & writing
The estimable Len Edgerly who produces a weekly podcast on all things Kindle ran a podcamp session called, “Will the Kindle save reading?” in which a group discussed the pros and cons of Kindle reading compared to paper book reading, and touched on some...
by David | Aug 7, 2009 | eating
Sometimes you’re in the mood for small plates. Maybe it’s indecision or fear of commitment, maybe it’s a desire to eat a little less for once or to save some money, and sometimes they just look so good. After taking in some First Friday art with the...
by David | Aug 4, 2009 | culture, economics
Podcamp Boston #4 is coming this weekend. It’s an “unconference” which means that anybody can give a session. If you need proof, look no further than the fact that they’re letting me present. I’m doing a discussion session with the...
by David | Aug 1, 2009 | eating
Ok, one more time: kneidlach on the left; kreplach on the right. Kneidlach. Kreplach. Any questions? Good.
