Hi All,
I’ve moved this blog to a new URL. All of this wonderful content has been migrated, and I promise more wide ranging, fascinating, and occasionally, perhaps, even scintillating commentary on the new blog
Thanks for the memories, old site.
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Reminder: I’ve Moved!
please come visit!
Hi All,
I’ve moved this blog to a new URL. All of this wonderful content has been migrated, and I promise more wide ranging, fascinating, and occasionally, perhaps, even scintillating commentary on the new blog
Thanks for the memories, old site.
K’Naan, World Cup Songs & youtube hysteria
I’ve recently been enamored with a Somalian/Canadian rapper named K’Naan. He has a lot of soul, and his Saul Williams-esque digressions into abstract spoken word don’t annoy me as much as I thought they would.
Imagine my surprise when I found out that a modified version of his already awesome song Wavin’ Flag is the Official FIFA [...]
Reflections on US culture shock
I recently returned from my first trip back to the United States since moving to Shanghai. When I arrived in China I was so completely shell shocked that individual moments of ‘culture shock’ didn’t really stick out. Returning to the States was an interesting exercise in reverse culture shock, re-experiencing some of the oddities [...]
Little Red Bike Cafe: Save the Cutest Thing Ever
Not too many years ago two adorable people decided to open a tiny cafe in North Portland. I’ve eaten there many times and befriended them at least a little bit–they’re some of the few people who comment on this here blog from time to time–and I was saddened to hear a few weeks ago that [...]
Pepsi maxx
Tastes like pepsi mixed with brominated vegetable oil. How do I recognize the oil? It’s the filmy, saccherine oil slick that coats your mouth just like Mt. Dew does.
I want to teach this class
At various time over many years I’ve had the pleasure and annoyance of torturing culinary school students. Sure, some are atually talented, but those usually figured out culinary school was a rip off early on but stuck it out anyway.
Now I present an Achewood comic, encapsulating how I treated (or wanted to trick) my interns.
hat [...]
House Spirits Booze Bazaar
The booze cruise continues around our Distillers Alley in Central South East industrial Portland. First Artisan Spirits threw a shindig, then New Deal threw a hell of a party, now House Spirits is hosting many local and regional boozeries for the House Spirits Hoiday Booze Bazaar. Details from Portland food and drink:
3rd Annual Holiday Booze [...]
Portland Chickens in the Atlantic
Urban Chickens
There is another option for Portland’s roosters on the run: about 40 minutes from downtown, just off the Mount Hood Highway in the town of Boring, sits Geren’s Farm Supply. The feed store has long operated a small, low-ceilinged shed called the Critter Korner, where farmers bring unwanted livestock. Geren’s then sells the animals. [...]