by David | Apr 8, 2007 | photo, travel
…just outside the usual frame of attention.
by David | Apr 5, 2007 | culture, eating, transportation, working
I normally wouldn’t bother with something like this, but the timing was just too good. As reported in the Boston Herald, a stretch of route 495 turned blood red yesterday, adding yet another hazard to daily gauntlet of Boston-area commuting. Like Marienhoff...
by David | Mar 31, 2007 | photo, travel
by David | Mar 30, 2007 | culture, eating, travel
Just days ahead of passover, my mind returns to pastry-filled Vienna, where I sampled the famous sachertorte at the Demel pastry shop. Read about the history of the dessert and its name in this turgid wikipedia entry. The Demel, on a busy slightly touristy shopping...
by David | Mar 30, 2007 | culture, eating, travel
Struggling to read, speak and understand the local language is part of the fun of travelling, but being completely unable to pronounce the word for ice cream is just plain cruel. That’s not the name of the shop, that’s the name of the frosty dessert. And...
by David | Mar 28, 2007 | culture, economics, working
Hang up the phone, turn off the TV and put away your kibosh. I was right earlier this month when I started musing on the concept of Return on Focus. The New York Times reports, among other factods, this:In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average,...
by David | Mar 28, 2007 | photo, travel
Archways, parade grounds So very imperial Vienna in spring
by David | Mar 25, 2007 | culture, media, reading & writing, working
In book club: The Final Solution by Michael Chambon Recommended by Lynne: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Pointedly displayed at work: Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots by Brian Fugere, et. al. Straining to be free of the myspace player: Working As Intended by Speck...
by David | Mar 25, 2007 | culture, travel
Almost everything you would want to see is all on the same street, Einbahn. The photo lab folks have temporarily bungled my film – again – so I have nothing but a couple of phonecam pics to share at this point. Maybe I’ll scan some ephemera or my...
by David | Mar 25, 2007 | reading & writing
Coordination is lacking; let’s all make some time for a confab.
by David | Mar 24, 2007 | travel, working
Work got a bit out of hand, and I’ve been out of town.My assistant has been holding down the fort, and we’ll be getting back to you shortly.
by David | Mar 8, 2007 | culture, economics, media, working
More pro-business news from the capital of the collapsing tunnel state:…members of the [Boston] City Council said yesterday they would consider forcing all corporate marketers to obtain city licenses before they can push products.Yes, you read that right. They...
