by David | Jan 4, 2009 | eating, working
Every now and again I get inspired, usually while avoiding some other work, to cook a lot of food. Sometimes a week’s worth of lunch at a go. After violating one of the cardinal rules of grocery shopping – don’t go while hungry – I came home...
by David | Jan 3, 2009 | economics, technology
Shred day is my new favorite holiday, supplanting yak shaving day. I’ve been remiss in observing shred day so I’ve got some catching up to do. Shred day is observed by some in early January and by others in mid-April. It’s when you shred a...
by David | Jan 2, 2009 | eating
I stopped in a local Starbucks this afternoon for a hot drink. I ordered my usual soy mocha and a pastry. The barista looked at me sympathetically and said, “I had what you have a few weeks ago, it was terrible.” I paused a moment and realized what she...
by David | Jan 1, 2009 | design
Happy new year everybody. I hope your 2009 is sweet and productive. Here’s a version of this year’s card. I’ve decided not to blog the actual card since I stil want to encourage postal contact. Well, not that kind of postal contact, but I think...
by David | Dec 30, 2008 | reading & writing
It’s the season of retrospectives and clip shows. Slow news days mean dipping into the back catalog and disguising it as the Year in Review. So I present ten of my favorite posts of 2008. Feel free to vote for one of these or nominate your own in the...
by David | Dec 28, 2008 | culture, photo
Thanks to the Connections program, I used my PRC membership card to get in to the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York city free. There were three shows of serious photojournalism and documentary photography by Susan Meiselas, Cornell Capa and W....
by David | Dec 26, 2008 | culture, eating
They say that New York is one of the few cities where you can get road rage walking. The post-Christmas shopping crowd on lower Broadway was appalling. And I wasn’t even really shopping. The density of tourists and out of towners meandering and stopping suddenly...
by David | Dec 20, 2008 | eating
I’ve been eating and writing about savory scones and other pastries for a while now and word seems to have gotten out. I helped analytic marketeer L out with her mom’s Etsy site (plug: not too late for holiday shopping) and was rewarded with not scones...
by David | Dec 19, 2008 | eating
Winter’s here. Snow, too. That means comfort food. Bowls of carb-filled goodness that lower your center of gravity and your stress level. Stuff like oatmeal, mac & cheese, and soup. On this snowbound night, nearly the longest of the year, I made a big...
by David | Dec 18, 2008 | design, technology
It’s pretty typical these days to be reminded to turn off your cell phone at the start of movies, theater performances, classes, religious services, and so forth. At last week’s performance of Einstein’s Dreams, I was pleasantly surprised that no...
by David | Dec 16, 2008 | culture, science!, urbanism
Maybe Central Square isn’t going to the dogs after all. This weekend I caught a performance of a stage adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams. The show is closed now, and you can read better reviews of it in...
