all jean-luc, all the time.

They sure don't make treehouses like they used to.

felice bryant passed on too. she co-wrote a slew of songs for the everly brothers and others. she is probably best known for "rocky top" a tune about a fictional mountain in Tennessee, once described to me as the "proud mary" of blue grass numbers. I'm constantly blown away when this happens, belatedly putting a face on music written in the 20c that seemed to have been around forever in its perfection.

"With inconsolable sadness we let you know that Dr. NINA SIMONE has passed away."

SF;
Slanted Door was amazing on most dish's, a few were just ok, the crab asparagus soup, the imperial rolls, spicy lemongrass tofu, grilled ahi, grapefruit jicama salad, oven roasted beets, etc etc but the #1 dish and I wish they were in NY cause I would eat it every week was stuffed monterey squid (pork, glass noodles, tree ears) which is like a spring roll with squid as the wrapper, with a orange colored sauce that is like what Wylie uses on his squid...WOW...3*

Zuni Cafe: Great brunch spot, but it does suck drinking amazing wine out of libby glass, oysters were so fresh, pizza's crisp, eggs very orange, sardines in cimmicuri sauce over bean crustini yummy, salads super.....2*

Was is Cali for 42 hours so I missed my buddys crazy birthday Philly food fest:>)

Right On Alex

K2 has two kittens, over in Sheba the pitbull's yard, near the back corner boundary. One is black and white; the other is orange, black and white. They are hiding in a discarded section of rain gutter, don't tell anyone.

Earl King died on Thursday. What a crappy week this was.

would wind, anyone?

nice honda ad.

Someone found my message in a bottle--there is a newsgroup discussion here captioned "Whatever happened to Doris Piserchia?" Many of the posters aren't familiar with the books but it's interesting to read about DP in the context of other, better-known authors, particularly regarding the issue of whether their works are feminist or not.

night vision

clingfilm roy orbison

The chef at google.com corporate headquarters is Charlie Ayers, former chef for the grateful dead. Here are the menus. Cyberdelic. (via fimoculous)

Rare DoubleHeader Last nite.....

Party of 3

6:09pm @ 66....5 apps, 2 mains, 1 dessert....
8:14pm @ WD50....3 apps, 1main, 3 desserts...

We almost made it to Florent for a midnight Crabcake sandwich....

brooklyn storefront houses of worship [via tmn]. skinny and i passed one of these in boerum hill on sunday - keith dominion house of god, near the projects on hoyt street - windows were all boarded up but the door was open and there was an amped up gospel blues rock band happening inside. loud. now that's what i'm talking about. far cry from the methodist services of my childhood.

"This guy says some biblical library is on fire." Robert Fisk reporting from Baghdad:

When I caught sight of the Koranic library burning--flames 100 feet high were bursting from the windows--I raced to the offices of the occupying power, the US Marines' Civil Affairs Bureau. An officer shouted to a colleague that "this guy says some biblical [sic] library is on fire". I gave the map location, the precise name--in Arabic and English. I said the smoke could be seen from three miles away and it would take only five minutes to drive there. Half an hour later, there wasn't an American at the scene--and the flames were shooting 200 feet into the air.

Went to the Mermaid Inn last night (low 2nd avenue.) Good crowd for late Monday night. I really like the room. Service was excellent - extremely competent, but also relaxed. The much anticipated $10 mark up on all wine turns out to not be as great as I was (for no real reason) expecting. While the list is very nice, it's also very inexpensive. This is fine, but I had dreams of $50 bottles for $60. It's more like $16 bottles for $26.

Just me and MB so we didn't try everything. Had the fish cowder (hope you like bacon) and the fried oysters to start. Both good, although it's hard to eat fried oysters around the corner from Prune and not think of their most excellent version. And then a very nice fish sandwich (perfect bun) and a sardine app for mains, with a generous side of lobster mashed potatoes (big chunks, yum.)

I'll definitely go back, and won't be surprised if it finds a permanent spot in the rotation. Still, none of the things we ate were a best of kind experience. Great addition to the neighborhood though.

Skinny is fat.. Skinny has rated 39 restaurants so far in 2003, many dozen have been eaten and didnt make the cut. The year is 104 days old. Skinny needs a diet.

The Minnow is tasty!! 1*

re staged photo (lost the thread)

Rumsfeld on Meet the Press just said living in a free democratic society means accepting that in exchange for freedom we give up certain things, eg., the right to settle scores with violence(?)

Unless of course it is an overwhelmingly, militarily superior super power administrating the violence.

He also glossed over the looting of antiquities, calling them "things." When Russert phrased his question "how did we allow that (the looting of antiquities) to happen" Rumsfeld became nonplussed and acted as if it were not within our control to stop anything because in case you forgot, we are fighting a war.

I think one tank parked in front of the museum might have sufficed

In Baghdad, looters made off with a priceless collection of irreplaceable antiquities from the National Museum on Saturday, stripping the building of treasures dating back to the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia.

"They have looted or destroyed 170,000 items of antiquity dating back thousands of years...They were worth billions of dollars," said deputy director Nabhal Amin, weeping.

we are off soon to California for 42 hours to give support for 2 long time pals....it will include 2 meals out, both at Slanted Door , one of my favorite restaurants in the US:>):>)