by David | Nov 5, 2007 | reading & writing
Just finished: Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch by Dai Sijie in which the author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress loosens up and tells a shagy dog story of a befuddled Freudian in search of a virgin in semi-post-communist China. Just started, for book club:...
by David | Nov 4, 2007 | photo
Spent an excellent day at the excellent DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park with excellent friends. I arrived early, at least in part due to the end of daylight saving time, and I wandered the grounds, taking photos of the fall foliage, mostly looking straight up...
by David | Nov 3, 2007 | photo, working
by David | Oct 27, 2007 | culture, travel
In retrospect, I should have known this was going to be a tough trip when, at 2am on the Champs-Élysées, three witches joined the taxi queue behind me. Eighteen hours later, I was eating dinner in a Greek restaurant in Brussels. Now, a further 12 hours into the...
by David | Oct 20, 2007 | photo
I received a random gift. I could tell you what it is, but what fun is that? LKB knows, of course. Here’s a hint – one of the five bulbs inside (not visible in the photo) should be red.
by David | Oct 19, 2007 | working
I got one of those emails that I usually don’t even read – the forwarded cool thing. But It was from LKB and had been forwarded from her dad, so how could I skip it? It was a link to a trippy optical illusion that purported to reveal which hemisphere of...
by David | Oct 18, 2007 | photo, travel
Day one in Chicago: mid-day grey Day two in Chicago: golden blue and pink at dusk What a difference a day makes.
by David | Oct 17, 2007 | culture
This seemingly innocent bit in the New York Times today set me off on a strange journey. It’s about the (long-overdue, IMO) installation of some compass rose directional signs on the sidewalk outside of subway stations in New York, to help people orient themselves. I...
by David | Oct 17, 2007 | eating
I got an ice cream sandwich from the freezer. Not actually an ice cream sandwich, but one of those soy-based fake ice cream ones, but it was a real sandwich. Although it was half-sized. Usually I eat two at a time. I unwrapped it, put it on a plate on edge, and...
by David | Oct 15, 2007 | eating
The transportation horrors of getting to Chicago behind me, I had two impressive dinners this weekend. The first, at Green Zebra, was far more enjoyable but I will post about it later. The second dinner, a 12-course menu at Arun’s Thai, was impressive but less...
by David | Oct 13, 2007 | economics, travel
I thought it would be nice to spend the weekend in Chicago. Catch up with some local friends, eat some food, see some art, get away from the grind. Synchronicity started working in my favor – other people I know were going to be in Chicago, I got good...
by David | Oct 13, 2007 | economics, photo
It’s that season again, my favorite Autumn time. And among other wonderful things comes the photography auction season. Last week was the annual benefit at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and just two weeks away is the parallel event at the Photographic...
