Vegas gets a bad rap, and deservedly so: it sprawls out in every direction like it’s scrambling for dollars at a strip club, oblivious to the needs of the environment and the wellbeing of the people who live there—heck, even threatening the livelihoods of ranchers hundreds of miles away in its endless thirst for growthContinue reading “A Weekend in Las Vegas”
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Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC
I was in New York last weekend for a concert, but it was also Asia Week while we were in town–an annual Asian art fair that always features a couple big auctions, great shows at galleries and museums, etc. I’ve always wanted to go, so even though we were busy with the concert and eatingContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC”
Norway & Sweden
I really am terrible about taking pictures when I travel, mostly because I’m too busy either having fun or running to catch a train. This time–on a trip to Trondheim, Norway, for a conference and a follow-up trip to Stockholm, Sweden, to visit friends-of-friends–I was fortunate enough to travel with some folks who are muchContinue reading “Norway & Sweden”
Friday Favorites: SFO Sights and Eats
I’m going to skip the big tourist attractions—even though I do enjoy a lot of them—and try to point you toward a few more out-of-the-way spots. Japantown: Really, all of it. I could do a whole post just on this neighborhood (Hey, I might next month after I get back from a spa weekend withContinue reading “Friday Favorites: SFO Sights and Eats”
Napa
I’ve never been a fan of Napa. It always struck me as over-manicured and staged—kinda like Disneyland for middle-aged (upper) middle-class white women: the wine train, the flower boxes, the sprawling flagging-stone tasting patios overlooking the valley, the bakeries with their reclaimed barnwood siding and wine-barrel planters, the boutiques full of fedoras and handkerchief skirts….Continue reading “Napa”
Friday Favorites: ABQ sights and Restaurants
I’m here for a conference this weekend, and several of my colleagues asked me for recommendations of what to see and where to eat in town, so I thought I would just compile them here: Things to Do/See/Eat in ABQ: North/West side: Old town/Downtown South Valley University district/Nob Hill Heights/Sandias:
Baking in a Basque Oven
The area where I live is rich in Basque tradition, owing to a wave of immigration in the late 1800s by shepherds hired by the big sheep-ranching outfits here. (Little known fact: the Australian Shepherd dog is actually a Basque breed; the dogs immigrated from Australia alongside their Basque owners to work the sheep hereContinue reading “Baking in a Basque Oven”
Wright’s Beach 2022
I’ve given up taking pictures at the coast: a two-dimensional image captures so little of the depth and sparkle and whoosh and roar and glow that it feels almost insulting. I like doing watercolors because it’s agreed from the get-go that you’re cropping out most of the experience and presenting an approximation of it–or, you’reContinue reading “Wright’s Beach 2022”
Berlin is Awesome, Exhibit H: Recyclinghof
I know I said yesterday’s post was the final Berlin one, but then I ran to the Recyclinghof today to get rid of a broken fan. It’s so easy and clean and well-organized, and you can get rid of all kinds of things from clothes to cars that you don’t need. I stopped at DoshaContinue reading “Berlin is Awesome, Exhibit H: Recyclinghof”
Rear Window, Berlin Edition: Update
Breaking news, everybody. The stubbornly vacant-seeming 4th-floor apartment behind my building has cropped up with a pot of purple flowers on the patio, and the door that was previously cracked open from the top, Euro-style–to permit the circulation of that all-important (yea, even magical) German substance, Frische Luft–is now open open, as in someone couldContinue reading “Rear Window, Berlin Edition: Update”
The Rookery 