by David | Aug 7, 2008 | eating
I passed it during the day after checking out SF Camerawork – an unassuming brick building, formerly a warehouse or something like that, with subtle signage that says “too hip for the likes of you” while reading simply, “salt house.” Was...
by David | Aug 7, 2008 | culture, photo, travel, urbanism
I don’t know how many times I’ve been to San Francisco and somehow missed out on SF Camerawork, a place that “encourages emerging and mid-career artists to explore new directions in photography and related media by fostering creative forms of...
by David | Aug 6, 2008 | science!, travel
I thought I was pretty cool, scoring seat 10A on the 757 to San Francisco. It’s a great seat because there is no 9A so there’s pretty extensive legroom but also full recline and real window. I’m all about the Seatguru thing. I figured I would stretch...
by David | Aug 3, 2008 | culture, design, urbanism
I finally addressed a shameful gap in my Boston art-peeping by visiting the ICA’s (not so) new South Boston space with intrepid museum buddy L. We had heard from some that the architecture was better than any of the art contained inside, but we found things to...
by David | Aug 2, 2008 | eating
You probably knew we couldn’t just leave it alone. There were too many unanswered questions in the wake of the July 4th Fried Chicken Wine Tasting. So many promising wines left out of the first tasting, and an intriguing minority opinion on which chicken is...
by David | Jul 29, 2008 | eating
Lunch is one of my three favorite meals of the day. Taking a break from the usual grind of burritopalooza or wolf-at-your-desk, I sought out that Davis Square oasis of calm, Snappy Sushi. While some people are off in Japan nom-nomming their way across the island, I...
by David | Jul 29, 2008 | design, transportation
I write a lot for work and some for pleasure, and I enjoy a good game of Scrabble (more on the death of scrabulous another time) so I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I like a good anagram. One of my favorite sites is the Internet Anagram Server at...
by David | Jul 28, 2008 | culture, media, technology
If you haven’t been following Tangyslice’s inane quest for social media greatness, I don’t know what social media rock you haven’t been living under. I’ve been following along with morbid fascination as an otherwise reasonable guy tries...
by David | Jul 27, 2008 | photo, travel
Recent tropical weather – by which I mean steamy torrents of rain, not sunny skies – always puts me in the mood to go spelunking in the photo back catalog. I found this in the “meh” bin from a trip to Hong Kong a couple of years ago. It’s...
by David | Jul 26, 2008 | working
Don’t you love it when over-caffeinated people get into screaming matches over how they think coffee should be served? As long as its not happening in front of me in line, I consider it a form of reality TV – it just serves to reaffirm that whatever my...
by David | Jul 24, 2008 | culture, design, economics, media, technology
One time, at podcamp, somebody stood up and talked about how her business – an art gallery – had invited local art bloggers over one night for a gallery tour and general chat, and about how this had been a wildly successful PR and community-building...
by David | Jul 23, 2008 | eating, urbanism
I’ve mentioned this place in passing before, but after spending a couple of hours there the other night, I felt I really needed to write about it in detail, and declare my belief (and this is bound to generate controversy) that Andala serves up the best hummus...
