Dat sum ono food, eh?

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?

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

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