by David | May 25, 2008 | culture, economics
I’m interested in charity from several perspectives – personally, I think it’s a moral duty; professionally, it’s baked into the business model where I work; and academically, I like to geek out on the behavioral economics. So, when this item...
by David | May 24, 2008 | eating
Craigie Street Bistrot is one of the most peculiarly-situated restaurants in the Boston area, but the food fully justifies all the confusion, uncertainty and head-bumping by tall people. It’s in the garden level of an apartment building, blocks from any other...
by David | May 21, 2008 | science!, transportation
From the excellent virtual pages of Strange Maps comes this ducky item. On January 10 [1992], a container holding almost 29,000 plastic bath toys spills off a cargo ship into the middle of the Pacific Ocean and breaks open. The unsinkable toys, which were en route...
by David | May 21, 2008 | eating
I had just one thing on my mind heading out to lunch yesterday: cheese. Pizza? No. Cheeseburger? No. Cheese fries? Ugh. Can you just have a slab or slice or chunk of cheese for lunch? Not that I haven’t done so before, but it’s somehow just not done during...
by David | May 20, 2008 | eating, urbanism
I’ve been to Sabur twice this month, which is more than usual but I’m starting to think not really often enough. It’s hardly a neighborhood secret anymore, but Sabur is a cosy restaurant and lounge either in Teele square or just outside Davis...
by David | May 18, 2008 | media, technology
I’m not going to try and evangelize Twitter. I figure you’re probably already addicted to it, dead set against it, or blissfully ignorant of it. I don’t think it’s the be all and end all, but I’m rather enjoying it. If you’re so...
by David | May 15, 2008 | photo, reading & writing
I learned via Boston Photography Focus that Miriam Goodman passed away this week. There’s also an obituary in the Globe with information about memorial services and where to contribute in her honor. I took a class from Miriam years ago, a class about writing and...
by David | May 15, 2008 | media, reading & writing
Book Club: Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris Love the blog, now bought the book: Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds Don’t know why: A Tranquil Star by Primo Levi For work: BrandSimple by Allen Adamson Trying to drink the cool-aid: Conscious Business by...
by David | May 14, 2008 | eating, urbanism
I love bread. Anybody paying attention here around the ‘duck knows that, but I just noticed that I have not yet blogged about two of the most important bread topics there are. I’m not talking about bialys, I already did that, I’m talking about...
by David | May 13, 2008 | culture
Sadly, there’s nothing like a high-profile natural disaster to give Americans a crash-course in world geography and politics. It might have been Peterman’s getaway on Seinfeld, but Myanmar has been under military dictatorship since 1992, and life was hard...
by David | May 12, 2008 | culture, media, urbanism
I set out with intrepid museum buddies A and L last rainy Sunday for the tenth annual Somerville Open Studios. Like us, the SOS has expanded with age. There were 350 artists and 120 sites across Somerville. We chose to start with Vernon Street Studios, two large...
by David | May 11, 2008 | eating, urbanism
Yesterday afternoon, after helping J relaunch her food blog, now called Grow Cook Eat, I was planning to get some work done around the house before heading off to a birthday party in Dorchester. But then I got a text message from A: “On off chance that u free...
