Ana and I meet before twilight. Continue reading “Ederlezi”
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Stories are Monsters. Part 2 (of 3), with Side Notes
This is Part 2 of a series about the monstrous stories we live with. Link to Part 1 is here.
Before I proceed, a side note: as I wrote this Monsters series, I came across this somewhat related post on learned helplessness by another blogger. It’s more scientific than my ramblings here, not like there is a competition 🙂 . And now…
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Mac-n-Cheese
Our second stop for Nina’s birthday dinner is a possibly overrated and definitely overcrowded bakery in the Mission. It’s a chilly Sunday twilight though, so we manage to find sitting at a communal table for all six of us together. Somebody mentions this new chocolate place in Palo Alto. Somebody mentions that new mac-n-cheese place in Oakland. St John speculates that with this trend for highly specialized places, soon there will be a place that serves Continue reading “Mac-n-Cheese”
Wan, Wanamaker, the Organ
The view from the Children’s, 3rd floor
The entry for “wan” in the New Oxford American Dictionary is followed by Continue reading “Wan, Wanamaker, the Organ”
DJ Vita
Vita is invited to make her debut as a local tango DJ in the Bay Area, with not one but two gigs in one weekend. She accepts that graciously, as a favor, and as an honor. She takes care to prepare two completely different lists, no songs overlapping. I, semi-jokingly, semi-teasingly, ask if she would take requests. Continue reading “DJ Vita”
Love letters understated 