On "rockstar butchers" [Serious Eats]"Someone had to eventually replace 'mixologists' as the over-hyped, self-important, douchebags of the restaurant and food world. Go grind me some hamburger and STFU…" Media training tips for trainers – part 2 [noodlepie]Good tip on how to use Delicious more effectively. Wonder how many people are still using Delicious though.
Make better use of the road [The Bellows]"Meanwhile, commenters in the previous post are all very upset that cyclists might even consider not strictly obeying the rules of the road. This, quite frankly, is dumb. Every time I find myself on an interstate, it seems to me that nearly 100% of the cars and trucks [...]
In the 1980s, specifically around ’83, there was a bit of a mania for ATVs, specifically three-wheelers. The three-wheeler, however, was shown to be dangerous and was quickly replaced by its more surefooted cousin, the four-wheeler. But before the big, loud, motorized tricycle was yanked from the scene it would be immortalized in at least [...]
Big Paper, little paper, no paper at all? [Philly Citypaper]"In April, I ran a panel for the Society of Professional Journalists on "Ethics in the Digital Age," which attracted a wide range of J-school students. I argued that the ethical virtues of an actual newspaper are partly due to having to produce a physical product, [...]
Another day, another cocktail.* Yesterday I blabbed about the Dublin 8. Today I’d like you to make a love connection with a sweet little number known as the Double Date. My friend Marc Balgavy came up with this one and hipped me to it at a backyard garden party I hosted a few summers ago. [...]
Jeremy Sidener (on right in photo), a longtime friend who works as a bartender in Lawrence, Kansas, created this drink back in ’96 or ’97. Jeremy concocted it in honor of a friend of ours who had recently returned from a year abroad in the Irish capital. The drink takes its name from the Dublin [...]
The Woman and the Beagle, originally uploaded by antonkawasaki. I don’t know what struck me today, but I ended up starting a Flickr photo group: Dogs on NYC Subway. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but I should note that it also includes any MTA trains (so Metro-North, LIRR, and SIR are fair game) as well as subway [...]