Fun with phone(y) customer support

My mobile phone is showing signs of age. Sometimes it has trouble going to sleep or waking up, sometimes it’s just slow, sometimes it suffers from embarrassing premature discharge. So I headed over to the local T-Mobile store this weekend to have it checked out....

Starbucks oatmeal: not quite just right

In New England’s icy winter, you can’t underestimate the importance of oatmeal. It warms you up inside and lowers your center of gravity for safer transit across unscraped sidewalks and unplowed streets. I was pleased to note the addition of oatmeal to the...

Ends and beginnings at Hudson Street Gallery

The Hudson Street Gallery’s inaugural show has officially come to an end.  I helped take the show down yesterday.  When and what will be the next HSG show?  I can’t say just yet, but we’re still interested in hearing from artists and others who want...

Super big turnip cake, size never seen

It’s like I’d spent my life enjoying potato skins and suddenly got offered a whole stuffed baked potato. If you know what I mean. As you may know, I like fried turnip cake.  I liked it in Hong Kong.  I liked it in San Francisco.  I liked it in London.  I...

Lunch factory

Every now and again I get inspired, usually while avoiding some other work, to cook a lot of food.  Sometimes a week’s worth of lunch at a go.  After violating one of the cardinal rules of grocery shopping – don’t go while hungry – I came home...