Monthly Archive: August, 2011

Eating Sunday: Summer Bonum

Like most teenagers, I could be alternately acerbic and cynical and wildly romantic. I may have been infatuated with the Sex Pistols, but one of my favorite romantic poems was Robert Browning’s Summer Bonum (of course not Romantic,… Continue reading

Eating Sunday – West Coast Cuisine?

Just what is West Coast cuisine? When confronted with this in restaurants, it seems to imply hazelnuts and salmon. If anything, I think of the abundance of produce, the diversity of cultural influences… Continue reading

Summer Abstraction

I was first introduced to algebra in the fourth grade. It was part of a larger program in math, but the idea that x could represent anything was troublesome. The variable was an abstraction… Continue reading

Is That A Snake In the Freezer?

Mark Menjivar – “You Are What You Eat”. http://markmenjivar.com/you-are-what-you-eat/statement/ It’s well worth the time to check out this artist’s project of taking photographs of the contents of people’s refrigerators. It’s fascinating and sad,… Continue reading

Eating Sunday – Bachelorette Chow!

This week it’s all about food from the flip side of Sunday; the stuff you don’t want others to know about. Maybe it’s Chocodiles for dinner or chilli and cheese dumped on nacho chips.… Continue reading

Adventures in Texture – That Obscure Object of Desire

I am a little bit of a mathmatics groupie. I left math unpursued when I was in school because as an artist with tunnel vision, I saw no beauty in it. As I have… Continue reading

Eating Sunday – Thanksgiving in August

I’m not exactly wild about Thanksgiving. Other than the fact that it’s a day off, state-sanctioned gluttony and a history of familial stress doesn’t make for a magical day. However, I have been feeling… Continue reading

Adventures in Texture

Shirking business in favor of art today. I’m sure there will be consequences.

Xploding Boys At Tonic Lounge

The Xploding Boys did an awesome set at Tonic Lounge with the Band Who Fell to Earth last night. Sadly, I had to duck out a bit early, but not before getting a few… Continue reading

Eating Sunday – Viva Italia

Summer is upon us and I have lately been craving margherita pizza, but really haven’t found what I’m looking for around town. Why not make my own? Granted, I’ve never made pizza before,… Continue reading