In keeping with the trend of recent Thursday playlists from Bryan and Rachel, I’ve assembled my year-end mix for your delectation and/or derision. With one or two technical exceptions, all these are songs from 2007.
Download the mix here and now. [Downloading closed.] I feel a little squeamish about filesharing, so I’m going to [...]
Too jet-lagged and full after a truly debauched trip to New York and Philly, I’m going to let the images of my gluttony speak for themselves. Recommendations: having Trixie or Scotty make you a nice steak, or tracking down wonderful Bangladeshi food in Queens, or indulging in (hangover-cure) dim sum in Brooklyn’s Chinatown.
Back in Long [...]
I arrived in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, ready to spend a week working with a client and visiting with friends. I love coming here, as the people I stay with have a lovely home in the Castro, an open-door policy, and a fun and welcoming collective of family and friends. There’s always [...]
We’ve made it to the end of our second year with nary a hitch: Yes, a few writers have gone into retirement — only temporarily, we hope — but we’ve gained new ones, too, and had at least one prodigal daughter return.
Once again, we’re pretty happy with the amount of (mostly) good text we’ve accumulated, [...]
A while ago I started ruminating on the objects that we acquire, what might be termed material culture, and today I continue.
One thing I have learned about taste is that it stays close to home. I remember hearing that vintage Poole Pottery is more expensive in the town of Poole in Dorset. That [...]