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Grace notes
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Saturday evening, celebrated my 35th birthday in style with friends and family at Kushi. Quite impressed by the cuisine; the service, not so much. But there’s no use in going into detail as Sietsesma did the dirty work for me, yesterday. I will say that at one point I chased a bite of lobster tail with one of pork belly, and then washed both down with a pull of sake. The combination was ecstatic. Started the day in the audience of Lama Surya [...]
Welcome to the war zone.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
I’ve lived here for over a decade. Long ago I accepted that despite its many charms D.C. is a de facto police state. Within its borders, at any time of any day, without a moment’s notice or modicum of explanation, I can be deprived of my right to go about my daily business. Big deal. But a war zone D.C. is not. There’s no need for military equipment to occupy our civilian streets, no [...]
Reminds me of a poem
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Pics from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, after the jump. (The poem’s here.)