in tokyo, i noticed many people wearing facemasks and assumed, naturally, that they were hypochondriacs. darryl explained that sick people w...

a prince edward (white horse blend, cocchi americano, drambuie) a dry and oxidised bamboo (old dry oloroso, dry vermouth, bitters) an orig...

The art of living is one and indivisible. A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor ...

1/12/2010 : darryl sends further details and corrections, now seamlessly incorporated below. the best meal in tokyo was also the most inte...

= NRT > ORD > DFW > BOS

below you see the centerfold of a periodical that appears to be devoted to reviews of eggs, and a store that sells only eggs.

beatus ille homo qui sedet in sua domo et sedet post fornacem et habet bonam pacem happy the man who sits at home ensconced by the ov...

happy new year! on this first morning of 2011, a heavy rain falls. last night, everyone brought their wives and children to jc and maud'...

it's clear now that the way into the future is fogged over like a morning in the presidio. our mandate thus is to hope for the best, b...

michael black 's timelapse video of the blizzard of 2010 is pretty sweet, especially how the clock keeps rising up.

Everythin' we ever knew about the movement of the sea was preserved in the verses of a song. For thousands of years we went where we wan...

Attention to detail, like most facets of truly good design, can’t be (and never is) added later. It’s an entire development philosophy, meth...

where i've been since last thursday night, after a diverting couple of days passing through miscellaneous airports. but a total of 14 ho...

talk about a strong opening. congratulations y'all.

this maison kayser croissant and an apparently unlimited supply of skytime yuzu are about the only benefits of a long layover in narita.

49 minutes + razor + gallon jug = flatpack ipad stand. clearly, i'm not the first person to think of this , nor even the 8th person to t...

jeremy's second speaker bailed on him, but he knows i'm always good for a disquisition on joints. so join us next monday at middlese...