“Squint against the grandeur!”
I had a busy weekend, but not too busy to sneak in a couple of movies from last year’s best-of list. Deepwater Horizon (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was an example […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Staging
After 4+ years in this condo, I’m selling it. It’s too much for one person to live in, especially one who owns as little stuff (wine notwithstanding) as I do. […]
Do it do it do it DO IT
From The AV Club: “Richard Kelly wants to make a Donnie Darko sequel“
Balsam Houblon
I wanted to be nowhere near a TV on American inauguration day, aka the beginning of the end, so I worked in a frenzy until I had to run to […]
Stand your ground. Unless you’re defending the logic of stand your ground gun laws, in which case, you can’t.
Just in case anyone’s wondering whether “stand your ground” laws increase gun deaths, The Economist has put it into graphic form. Jesus. [source: economist.com] .:. Cover photo by Mayu, used […]
Bunnahabhain
Last night I went to the first (my first, anyway) in a series of whisky tastings at Boxcar Social. A while back I met the whisky director there, and he […]
Sweet Left Carnita Marshmallow
Clearly this week was all about eating. Wednesday night we had that meal at Richmond Station. Thursday we had a drink at The Jester On Yonge and then dinner with […]
Meat snail
Last night we had dinner at Richmond Station, and it was predictably delicious. We started with the sourdough bread and oil, then split the trout gravlax paired with two different glasses […]
Holifax? Halidays? I can’t choose.
Well now. That was a fairly relaxing vacation. Not quite as relaxing as I’d intended, but not bad overall. I’ve been in Nova Scotia for a little over a week, and barely looked at work […]
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