On Friday, I saw the WWII flyover on the National Mall. They called it the “Arsenal of Democracy” after FDR’s famous phrasing in 1940, a name which in our modern age are both comically overwrought and entirely American – perhaps representations of the same thing. It was the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, […]
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Leaving DC, Reasons I Disapprove of Seasons
Hello, Internet. I’m in Iowa for a couple weeks, having successfully flown the Washington DC coop. I am in the process of preparing for and sorting out the details of a trip to Cambodia and Burma (and possibly Laos). I plan to leave in early October. I miss Asia, and I miss Asia even more […]
Little Serow: Isan-style Thai food For the Tragically Hip
Washington DC is lamentably short of half-decent Thai restaurants, but there is one exception: Little Serow. Little Serow is a curious beast, a fixed-menu walk in restaurant that serves intensely authentic Isan-style Thai food to a decidely chic audience. It is apparently owned by a husband-wife team of Westerners who went to Thailand, liked the food, learned how to cook […]
Things You Drank Out Of in Ancient Times – Sackler-Freer Museum, Washington DC
In lieu of anything enlightening: these ancient Iranian drinking goblets on display at the Sackler-Freer Museum in Washington DC are fantastic. I should remake them and sell them at inflated prices to frat boys. It’s infallible. The lion looks less sure of himself than the lynx. I think he’s subject to more angst. It’s OK, bro. […]