July 2009
41 posts
California-versary
One year ago, I packed up my life in Chicago, shipped box after box, and hopped on a plane back to San Francisco. I’d been gone for six years. In that time, I’d started and finished college, fallen in love, had my first relationship, held three internships, two jobs and more freelance assignments that I’d cared to count. Chicago is where I grew in to myself, became the person...
June 2009
60 posts
What your enjoyment of sleep-away camp, or lack of... →
This is one of my all-time favorite Slate articles. I of course, was a Camp Cultist. Per this article, we “grow up to be chief executive officers of major corporations, name partners in Wall Street banking firms, Cabinet secretaries, governors, and presidents of prestigious foundations. Their universities invite them to serve on their boards. Their home towns name schools after them. They...
Amy Gilbert, Joshua Atkins - NYTimes.com →
w00t! I went to a wedding that was in the NYT. Huzzah!
[the wedding posts will stop shortly, promise]
Perfect San Francisco day so far. Rode by to Grasshopper for touch up hair cut. Then met Kara at Ferry Building Farmers’ Market, walked around and ate all the stone fruit, figs and cheese we could stomach. Then lunch — I had lox on Acme Bread with smoked salmon. Back to the Mission on BART and to Beretta for a quick drink. Now watch Next Food Network Star. Up next: getting ready for...
WatchThat’s what the shirt of Tim, the random dude dancing on stage, says. Shot at Brittin’s birthday party two weekends ago at The Mint.
California Eatin’: Dutch Crunch in the Bay Area |... →
I had no idea that Dutch Crunch is a California specialty. Has anyone seen this outside of the Bay Area with any regularity?
“Fall Internship Pays Off With Coveted Winter Internship
NEW YORK—New York...”
– Fall Internship Pays Off With Coveted Winter Internship | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
I really like that new show, Royal Pains. Yes, I know it’s craptastic.
Busting Bars: State agency imposes its strange... →
I would like to attend this.
Duck, Duck, Duck! July 13, 2009 Incanto 1550 Church St. (at Duncan St.) Join executive chef, and offal expert, Chris Cosentino for a five-course feast starring duck from beak to tail. Held in the restaurant’s mural-filled Dante Room, dishes on Cosentino’s menu include duck fritto with snail salad, duck neck sausage with duckfat aïoli, braised duck...
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an open letter to ace hotel nyc.
ennuipartie:
Dear Ace Hotel NYC,
Sleeping with you last Saturday was one of the best nights of my entire life. Quiet and relaxing, you restored my faith in a good night’s sleep outside of my bedroom. Your bed was like sleeping in a large tub of soft (but firm) butter. Your bathroom was fantastic, complete with fantastic toiletries. I fought serious urges to take them home with me. I also...
I have a flight on Virgin Air, and a four night reservation in the W. Being a grown-up isn’t turning out to be too bad.
“You may already have a favorite place, but in my experience, the high temple of...”
– Igloos, Turkish caves, and other great places to catch some shut-eye. - By Tim Wu - Slate Magazine
“Another recommendation for the sleep-tourist is the Japanese onsen inn. Imagine...”
– Igloos, Turkish caves, and other great places to catch some shut-eye. - By Tim Wu - Slate Magazine
Sign me up for sleep tourism. Sounds amazing.
I like my president... →
The 10 Most Creative People in Food | Creative... →
Very cool. Especially interesting the mix of chefs, business people + agriculture.
Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online -... →
Risotto alla Primavera →
Happy birthday Brit! Hope you enjoyed your dinner (and your day)
Punch Out is awesome. And I now have a mii!
The first four instructions for installing my...
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instruction.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
As it turns “you don’t talk about fight club” is not one of instructions.
“There is a “giant stigma,” she said, for Williamsburg residents who are not...”
– Parents Pulling the Plugs on Williamsburg Trust-Funders - NYTimes.com
CNN Political Ticker: Sotomayor breaks ankle on... →
Ahem. A break is different than a fracture. Though I’ve never had a broken bone, I have had a fracture. I would appreciate some journalistic integrity, CNN.
Bah! Today needs to not happen. Woke up on cranky side of bed and things are not improving.
“Health and life insurance companies in the US and abroad have nearly $4.5...”
– Health insurers want you to keep smoking, Harvard doctors say : Scientific American Blog
