Portland Value's (in one top ten report)
Metrovino’s Seafood Chowder: True, I first encountered this sensational soup in 2009, but I return periodically to slurp of its goodness and fortify my ravaged soul. Fatty smoked bacon adrift in a sea of oysters, clams, tuna, and halibut for $5. Why aren’t you eating it now?
Miho Izakaya For sheer menu audacity, I have to give it up for the little Japanese pub on N Interstate. The ingredients are always cracking fresh, and the 25 or so small-plate offerings ($2-10) are not only uniformly tasty, but extremely interesting to boot. The slow-cooked pork, spicy noodles, and beguiling fish entrees will reel you in and turn you into a homing pigeon for this coop.
(S/E have you eaten at Red Onion Thai Cuisine??)
Metrovino’s Seafood Chowder: True, I first encountered this sensational soup in 2009, but I return periodically to slurp of its goodness and fortify my ravaged soul. Fatty smoked bacon adrift in a sea of oysters, clams, tuna, and halibut for $5. Why aren’t you eating it now?
Miho Izakaya For sheer menu audacity, I have to give it up for the little Japanese pub on N Interstate. The ingredients are always cracking fresh, and the 25 or so small-plate offerings ($2-10) are not only uniformly tasty, but extremely interesting to boot. The slow-cooked pork, spicy noodles, and beguiling fish entrees will reel you in and turn you into a homing pigeon for this coop.
(S/E have you eaten at Red Onion Thai Cuisine??)
To evaluate streaming video, I've got a few devices. A first gen ipod touch, an ipad, a moto droid, etc. I'm going to get a Ubuntu/Intel Atom netbook for the low end of the "computer" space. At the other end, I want a no-holds-barred mobile platform that will let me see the limitations of the encoder & server (not the client). Edging out the HP Envy and 15" Sony, I got a Dell XPS 15 ... i5, 8 GB dual channel memory, 1 GB graphics memory, advanced N wifi, slightly more than 720p display, HDMI output, wireless display driver, bluray disc, speakers that are rated very highly. All for under $1.5 k. It will be bigger and badder in every performance dimension (except hard disk capacity) than any machine I've got. It will probably run circles around the Mac Pro that I got in 2008 (except disk capacity and pro video outputs). But I don't get it for a month. (Insert sad face.)
70s belted sweaters
is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise?
From David Nolan Gallery:
LAST WEEK
Steve DiBenedetto, Who Wants to Know?, closes Saturday, January 8th. Don't miss it!
VILLAGE VOICE, Dec. 22nd -
Ever watch an amusement park at night with your eyes dilated by good dope? That's how it feels to stand in front of Steve DiBenedetto's recent paintings and drawings. Much less representational than earlier efforts, the new works present complex, vaguely mechanical systems of spirals, blobs, angular constructions, and tangled tubing—all connected and glowing like neon.
When DiBenedetto's favorite subjects (octopus, helicopter, building) do occasionally make an appearance, as in Spiral, they're pretty much overwhelmed by the dream-state kaleidoscope. Yet for all the chaos of line, form, and loose brushwork, he keeps things under control with the careful placement of pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens, expertly balancing their vibrancy like a latter-day Fauvist. - Robert Shuster
LAST WEEK
Steve DiBenedetto, Who Wants to Know?, closes Saturday, January 8th. Don't miss it!
VILLAGE VOICE, Dec. 22nd -
Ever watch an amusement park at night with your eyes dilated by good dope? That's how it feels to stand in front of Steve DiBenedetto's recent paintings and drawings. Much less representational than earlier efforts, the new works present complex, vaguely mechanical systems of spirals, blobs, angular constructions, and tangled tubing—all connected and glowing like neon.
When DiBenedetto's favorite subjects (octopus, helicopter, building) do occasionally make an appearance, as in Spiral, they're pretty much overwhelmed by the dream-state kaleidoscope. Yet for all the chaos of line, form, and loose brushwork, he keeps things under control with the careful placement of pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens, expertly balancing their vibrancy like a latter-day Fauvist. - Robert Shuster
tea w/ hitch
did anyone else read this story?
Day 1 Juice Press 10 Day Juice Cleanse
Well after some research this was my pick of places and its close to the N/D trains...
Tough to slowly drink (aka "crew the juice" for the saliva) 8 juices starting at 10am, will start earlier manana, its 5pm and I have almost finished 5, good stuff and I love the cravings....
Yesterday I did go vegan and mostly raw, and the pre cleanse perscribed colonic to boot....
Well after some research this was my pick of places and its close to the N/D trains...
Tough to slowly drink (aka "crew the juice" for the saliva) 8 juices starting at 10am, will start earlier manana, its 5pm and I have almost finished 5, good stuff and I love the cravings....
Yesterday I did go vegan and mostly raw, and the pre cleanse perscribed colonic to boot....
The journalism speakularity.
Technical question ... NAS: Use a NAS appliance, or a Mac Mini leopard server + DAS? And by "NAS" I mean, DLNA, SMB, Samba, AFP, time machine, FTP, yada, yada, yada.
I bought a Butthole Surfers tee at the concert and it while in a altered state looked like a posiden adventure tee but when I came down it turned out to be the flag of Iran, "one and only god is allah" in their language written on the flag with Butthole Surfers on top and bottom stripes.......this shirt aint gonna get much use
set your dvrs.... larry sanders reruns kickoff today with 24hr marathon on ifc.
I haven't gotten through it yet, but I'm excited to be able to read Bruce Sterling's take on the whole wikileaks drama.
Cook's Illustrated Magazine
It's breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so New Year's Day breakfast is the most important meal of the year, right? Do it right with our recipe for perfect french toast:
http://www.youtube.com/user/americastestkitchen#p/u/25/DN4Yjqx5WYY
It's breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so New Year's Day breakfast is the most important meal of the year, right? Do it right with our recipe for perfect french toast:
http://www.youtube.com/user/americastestkitchen#p/u/25/DN4Yjqx5WYY
octavio paz
howd they plow these streets?
Greener Grows the Valley
- Napa vintners are restoring historic wineries with a focus on sustainability
Adam Gopnik on the state of dessert.
Claim of superconductivity above 32 degrees.
