Month: October 2012

It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that Hugo Chavez and Cesar Chavez are different people. Indeed, quite a few Americans appear to be under the impression President Obama recently attended the dedication of a monument to Hugo Chavez, the pudgy and hard-to-control socialist leader of Venezuela. When in […]

After a delay of a few million years, I finally edited my New York City photos. That’s the problem with actually editing and making some vague effort to curate your Facebook albums or what have you: it takes a long time. And you get distracted, by shiny objects or what-have-you. Re-reading Churchill’s account of World […]

I have some excellent advice for you. Go buy a mini watermelon, seedless. Chop it up into bits and puree that sucker. If you’re feeling fancy, you can strain the juice. (I wasn’t). Put the watermelon puree in a glass with your favorite bourbon. You can add some lime, or mint, or maybe some Sprite. […]

I’m making pollo guisado again tonight. Was happy that the guy at Guisados Tacos in LA – I went back this Friday – sounded pleased when I told him he’d inspired me to create this recipe. (Not that it’s much of a recipe…..more of a vague jumble of techniques). It certainly tastes good. We went […]