youtube.com/watch That title either made perfect sense to you or no sense whatsoever. So, for the second category of readers, let me explain; no, let me sum up…. Elden Ring is a role-playing action videogame renowned for the difficulty of its combat. In particular, there’s an optional boss toward the end, Malenia, Blade of Miquella,Continue reading “Pointcrow’s Goldfish, Tortellini, Defeats Hardest Boss in Elden Ring”
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Dave & Jackie’s Favorite Artifacts from the Boloquoy Renovation on Orkney
There are some amazing finds here! youtube.com/watch
Fall Fruit Harvest is Starting!
Got about a month or so until the Gravensteins are ripe.
Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong
Just picked up 8 of these. They look black most of the time, but in this light you can see they’re actually dark navy. I thought they would be too large to hold comfortably without a handle but am really enjoying drinking out of them: they cool hot tea down nicely and keep it warmContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong”
Alternative Careers and A Day in the Life of Chef David Yoshimura at Nisei
“So, you ready to run away and join the circus?” David Yoshimura asked me as we stood side-by-side in chef’s whites in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant, Nisei, watching our hard work that day come to fruition as the first plates went out to dinner guests. I just chuckled because the answer to thatContinue reading “Alternative Careers and A Day in the Life of Chef David Yoshimura at Nisei”
The Horses in the Lord of the Rings Series
youtube.com/watch A wonderful featurette on Peter Jackson’s commitment to using real horses and real riders when filming the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy in New Zealand.
Boloquoy Farmhouse & Mill
A unique and sweet project in Orkney to restore an 18th-century farmstead as a way of preserving culture and memory on the island: youtube.com/watch
Building the Dohyō for the Grand Sumo Basho
youtube.com/watch Continuing on our Grand Sumo theme, here’s a great video about how the dohyō or competition ring is made. It’s a sloped platform made of clay and straw, and it’s constructed by hand by the yobidashi, the announcers! Amazing.
Origami Pegasus
youtube.com/watch Just incredible.
The Piñata (and other cocktails) from Padrecito
I really can’t exaggerate how good the cocktail menu was at Padrecito, the upscale Cole Valley tacquería that tragically didn’t survive the pandemic. (Happily the bar director, David Ruiz, did and he’s currently running Stillwater with his wife in Fairfax—so check it out if you’re in the neighborhood). But nearly as awesome as the drinksContinue reading “The Piñata (and other cocktails) from Padrecito”
The Rookery 