by David | May 27, 2009 | design, eating, economics
Recently, I lamented the waste of a non-refillable salt mill I had bought. I was pretty close to shelling out for a nice reusable mill, when I happened on this little number in, of all places, the frozen dessert aisle of Trader Joe’s. It didn’t say it was...
by David | May 10, 2009 | design, eating
I noticed that I was running low on sea salt, so I picked up a bag of semi-fancy sea salt at the store. When I tried to refill my salt grinder, I realized that it was not designed for that. It’s a deliberately non-refillable, single-use, disposable grinder. ...
by David | Aug 7, 2008 | eating
I passed it during the day after checking out SF Camerawork – an unassuming brick building, formerly a warehouse or something like that, with subtle signage that says “too hip for the likes of you” while reading simply, “salt house.” Was...
by David | Aug 6, 2008 | science!, travel
I thought I was pretty cool, scoring seat 10A on the 757 to San Francisco. It’s a great seat because there is no 9A so there’s pretty extensive legroom but also full recline and real window. I’m all about the Seatguru thing. I figured I would stretch...