It was long overdue but I finally dropped by Sticky Rice, H Street’s new late-nite sushi + tatertot joint. This place is practically run by our buddies in the band Pash! A+ for decor. A+ for food and A++ for service, charm & hospitality (aided by Erik & Ryan Pash, and MaryBeth “Glib” and our… Read more »

I was Chuckles McGee after reading this quote from McCain’s spokesman Brian Rogers about Obama: “In terms of who’s an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy-headed-professor type based on his life story.” What’s wrong with eating arugula? 😉 The exchange was part of the sparring… Read more »

!!! My friend CJ tipped me off to this. Damon Albarn’s latest project “Monkey: Journey to the West.” Released September 23 (at least in the US). “Recorded in London and Beijing with a mix of European and Chinese musicians, Monkey … is a genuine attempt at East-West fusion. Featuring a dizzying array of instrumentation–rock guitars,… Read more »

Sven and I trekked to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic last week. We caught up on quite a bit of chill-axing, swimming, sweating in the sauna, eating and then some more chill-axing (actually I had to explain to him what ‘chill-ax’ means…sigh, europeans). But like most things in life, it was back to the… Read more »

We went festival hopping last weekend!! First stop was the APW Festival on Friday night. It was by coincidence that the logistics were pretty easy. Both of the friends we stayed with happened to live within blocks of public transit we needed to take. Getting a good night’s rest the night before…Here’s me snuggled deep… Read more »

When I got home the other night, the desk clerk told me I’d had a package in the storage room for the last 2 weeks. It turned out they were flowers from our aunt. When I opened them, it was like opening a coffin and looking at the corpse. And out popped a balloon for… Read more »

The Beanstalk boys played a pretty amazing set the other night at Iota. Another one down. They’re at Black Cat in about a week if you don’t want to miss out. Brett’s keys were angled in just the right direction to make funny faces at me and Natalie. Also of note, Iota has newly renovated… Read more »

You’re officially a nerd. I thought Brett couldn’t top himself after getting 100% and 98% on his Geology exams. These pictures were taken at a Borders (fittingly) in New York a few weeks ago. Now he’s done and gotten the highest grade in his class. … Geology of all subjects. It’s a trip to hear… Read more »

My old roomie sent me this link. Corny but it made me smile. After awhile I was dragging and sprouting flowers all over the place … cackling like a little anime character. http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf Even better would be to program it to pop imoM flowers!

I had no idea that’s what I was standing in the midst of. Absolutely no pushing or shoving. Everybody was just collectively enthralled by Radiohead. 70 thousand people at this festival !