I wonder sometimes how people cope with living in places like Tuscany, or the Amalfi coast. Surely they cannot stand around slack-jawed all the time saying "by god, this is beautiful" - and yet how terrible it would be to grow so used to it that you barely notice the beauty around you. Maybe the awareness of natural splendor is a constant pleasing ( Read more... )

You may like your rewengie bloody, or you may like it bleak, but sitting here with this late evening salmon pate and ruby port, I will take my rewengie by way of living well, thank you very much.

I'm somewhat intrigued, and somewhat disturbed, by this Wall Street Journal article about trendy chefs embracing historical recipes as their next big thing ( Read more... )

Last night, cat9 and I went to see the Actors' Shakespeare production of Twelfth Night. It was fantastic. If you're in Boston and you like Shakespeare you should see it. Even if you just like comedy you should consider seeing it ( Read more... )

mmph. The last several nights' sleep surely show that I could not be bounded in a nutshell and count myself the king of infinite space.

President Obama has endorsed a DOMA repeal bill.

About bloody time.

It doesn't seem that useful at a time when the bill is so likely to die in the house, but I suppose his taking a public stance explicitly for it represents progress.

I haven't really paid any attention to Livejournal's little Writer's Block prompts, but I stopped and looked at this one long enough to mention it:
How do you celebrate Independence Day in your country?

So, unless I'm missing something, that's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen on LJ. Which is saying a lot, I think.

Well, that was a lot of foods.

My father just took us out for the 14-course (plus 2 amuse bouche) tasting menu at Clio. There were a lot of tasty things. The fois gras with fig jam was especially delicious, but really everything was very good ( Read more... )

The other day I heard a DJ (is she still a DJ if she's playing classical music? I think so) describe the recent state of our weather as "drizmal." I think that hits the nail on the head.

I heard on the radio this morning about what I thought must be the best thing to have happened at the MFA:Tonight, just before 7 p.m., a group of Boston artists installed a “renegade exhibition” in a pair of bathrooms at the Museum of Fine Arts.
But apparently this artistic rebellion was an echo of another one I'd just never heard of:it was a ( Read more... )