Lunch on the back lanai in Honolulu, family-style — bowls passing, chopsticks darting this way and that to snag the choice pieces. I spy: jung [ti leaf-wrapped sticky rice, usually filled with fatty pork, boiled peanuts, and a preserved duck yolk], Portuguese bean soup, roast pork with crackly skin, pastele sausage from the incredible Kukui… Continue reading Dat sum ono food, eh?
Category: Around the world
Dance Touch Wonder Feel
Pardon the absence. Holidays, new internship, new apartment . . . So much, so much! Plus a bright new year! I hope everyone enjoyed their time with family and friends. Decent rules to live by, no? Found at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, where I spent early Christmas with the family . .… Continue reading Dance Touch Wonder Feel
Turkey Coma
Over Thanksgiving weekend the city was unusually calm and quiet — most people out of town to visit folks or holed up inside with the same, I suppose. I took advantage of the lull to seek out some local treats . . . Ocean Beach on a snoozy Saturday morning: Biked through Golden Gate Park… Continue reading Turkey Coma
Disposables: Gilroy Garlic Festival
I love disposable cameras. They’re impulsive and playful and perfect for catching silly moments without the buzzkill of “wait, hold that pose!” while you fiddle with settings to get them just so. Click! toss back in bag, and go. Ideal for small towns and campfires and circus performances — as retro and unpredictable as their… Continue reading Disposables: Gilroy Garlic Festival
SoBe, Not the Tea
Miami, FL South Beach Takeaway #1: I met a guy who swore that just because his last name is the same as that of an infamous Colombian drug lord [“Have you seen the movie Blow?” he asked as an explanation] and his family fled to London when he was little and he’s in Miami visiting… Continue reading SoBe, Not the Tea