Yale / New Haven

After a VERY late night at beer table in Brooklyn with my friends Laura and Phil (recently returned from Sydney) where we downed/nursed a number of unknown (at least to me) but incredibly tasty beers after attending a show at nearby Union Hall of Seno’s friend Tim Williams, I got up at 8am. K & [...]

Food Ketchup

Last week was a great food week. It started out with a dinner with friends at Persimmon – a new Korean place up in the East Village. Korean seems to be popping up everywhere and I think it has something to do with Koreans learning how to slightly cater their food to the American palate [...]

With New Blackberry, Happiness Returns…

I have made no secret of how much I hated hated hated my Motorola Q smartphone. At the end of its life, the battery was lasting less than 2 hours…on standby! Anyway, with as much abuse as I gave the Q, it is pretty remarkable it held up as long as it did.But it is [...]

Chinese Noodle Showdown

With K & I on extensive clothing and eating budgets, we’ve been trying to find the best food for the least amount of money. Chinatown is great for this because (beware – stereotype approaching!) Chinese people don’t care about things like ambiance, personal space and service. They care most about the food. More importantly, [...]

Fave pics from Seattle trip

I’ve just finished uploading pics from our Seattle trip.  There are a couple of new sets:  Eva and Billy’s wedding, Megan and Jon’s wedding, hanging out with cousins and Seattle friends.  Here are some of my favorite pics:

Eva and Teryn

My mom and Cesar (my cousin)

My cousins Ricky, Cesar and me

Emy does the robot

One of the [...]

Thanks Emy and Charlie

Believe it or not, my sister and brother-in-law tolerated my presence in their home for about a month.  I can’t believe that it was that long, and I’m sure they are relieved to have their home back to themselves, after the caravan of cousins and in-laws passed through their Queen Anne abode.
I had a [...]

Congrats Tarah!

My friend Tarah of Urban Fashion Network fame is now officially a Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger!  Tarah will be writing about fashion in Seattle.
She is on a roll, with her Urban Fashion Network site/events having just turned one yesterday and now, this great opportunity.

After submitting several names for her new blog, the editor at the [...]

Cute!

This is a little video of my little cousin Cesar from Brazil and Tyren.  They were the ringbearer and flowergirl at Eva and Billy’s (my sister-in-law and bro) wedding.  When asked who “Ziggly Bob” was, neither seemed to know.

Only in NY: Stilts and Noodles

Men on stilts leisurely walking down the street, as we were on our way to the noodle restaurant.

Hand-pulled noodles made right in front of you!  We had this for lunch today.  Diesel had the spicy beef noodles and I had the roasted duck noodles (pictured here, both taken with my phone, which turned out pretty [...]

Where the Hell Do People Like That Come From?

This week we had our quarterly sales meeting in Seattle.
So just because I haven’t openly ranted about my idiotic co-worker (codename Donald Duck) does not mean that he’s made any progress towards becoming a tolerable human being. There are many stories to be told, but Tuesday’s episode deserves special attention.
On Tuesday night, we had a [...]