by David | Aug 28, 2008 | eating, travel
Peanut butter Nutella cookie. Why didn’t I think of that? At Jack ‘n’ Jill’s of Beverly Hills in Santa Monica.
by David | Aug 26, 2008 | photo, travel
About a week ago, I went to the Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna in Boston’s North End and had a glass of wine at Vinoteca Monica. Today, I’m in Santa Monica, so of course I went down to the famous pier. Maybe I should have waited for the fog to...
by David | Aug 25, 2008 | eating
Last week, that master of marketing mayhem tangyslice and I headed over to one of our lunch haunts, Dragon Garden, to strategerize. The place doesn’t look like much, but it’s reliably decent and pretty cheap. My usual dish is the Ma Po Tofu lunch special...
by David | Aug 24, 2008 | culture, eating, urbanism
Intrepid museum buddy L (who has a shiny new Marketing Analytics blog!) joined me for brunch today in Chinatown and then we popped in at the new Hudson Street Gallery. We visited local favorite China Pearl, arriving just before the 11:00 rush to the among the first...
by David | Aug 20, 2008 | eating, urbanism
After an evening of lengthy and expensive marketing research, there’s really only one place to go: Chinatown. I dragged about half a gaggle of co-workers and some hangers-on to one of my favorite seafood joints, Peach Farm. This is not the sort of place that has...
by David | Aug 18, 2008 | culture, media, technology
Do you know how many emails you’ve sent? How about how many instant messages? Probably not. I sure have no idea. But I do know that I just sent my 1,000th Twitter update. Or rather, that twitterfeed did on my behalf. People on Twitter observe milestone...
by David | Aug 17, 2008 | culture, media, photo, urbanism
Today was the August Moon Festival, celebrating what is held to be the largest full moon of the year. In Boston’s Chinatown that means lion dances, kung-fu demonstrations, moon cakes, and a battle for local souls fought between the Falun Gong and various local...
by David | Aug 14, 2008 | eating, economics, photo, travel, urbanism, working
Coit Tower in the fog Saba sashimi at Ozuma Ti Couz Creperie Lemon cake with blueberries at the Slanted Door (brought in apology for a misplaced entree) The Contemporary Jewish Museum The Bay Bridge at dusk
by David | Aug 14, 2008 | culture, eating, travel
Starting to fall behind on SF posts, sorry about that. I asked the concierge at the Hyatt where I could find the best dim sum. She swiftly disparaged all of Chinatown with some references to mystery meat and suggested Yank Sing in the Rincon Center. Dim sum in a food...
by David | Aug 11, 2008 | eating, travel, urbanism
It was Professor N’s birthday on the auspicious 8/8/08 but we were able to score a late reservation at Chez Panisse a the day before joined by his buddy P. We ventured out to Berkeley to Alice Waters shrine to gourmet locavoriousness. We were greeted by the...
by David | Aug 10, 2008 | culture, technology
Preparing to leave San Francisco’s foggy embrace, I’m thinking about the work week ahead and which of the many open threads to needle first. One thing that came up last week was a twitter message from someone at Social Actions Labs, inviting me to test out...
by David | Aug 9, 2008 | design, eating, travel, urbanism
On Thursday I was lucky enough to meet up with La Doctorante, buddy of LKB, art-historical dissertatrix and author of an excellent secret blog, for lunch and some museum-going. I could tell you more about the blog, but you know what would have to happen next. What I...
