Michael Sieburg


Go Saints
February 7, 2010, 6:08 pm
Filed under: Food

Cajun guacamole in honor of New Orleans:



My Sentiments
February 6, 2010, 3:15 pm
Filed under: New York

Judging from the look on Daisey’s face, it seems that two of us miss the warm summers.



Billionaire in Zimbabwe Dollars
January 9, 2010, 4:05 pm
Filed under: Africa

John stopped by New York on his way back to southern Africa and gave me two 20,000,000,000 Zimbabwe Dollar notes – one of my favorite and more fascinating holiday gifts.



Happy 2010
January 3, 2010, 4:21 am
Filed under: New York

My first New Year’s in the U.S. since 2003 was spent at Madiba, a great South African restaurant in Fort Greene.



Winter in Brooklyn
December 20, 2009, 3:22 pm
Filed under: New York



Holiday in Brooklyn
December 12, 2009, 2:09 pm
Filed under: New York

For the first time since moving to New York, I’ll celebrate the holiday season in the states. To mark the occasion, we got a Christmas tree, with one lone ornament I picked up at the Columbia bookstore.



NY Times Does Marietta
November 6, 2009, 11:11 pm
Filed under: Misc

My hometown of Marietta, Ohio was nicely covered in today’s NY Times – “A Historic River Town Where the West Began“. The article gives an impressive overview of the town’s history. It’s well worth a read.

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(Photo via Chuck)



Ca Phe
November 5, 2009, 12:47 pm
Filed under: Southeast Asia

The Wall Street Journal on Asia’s Best Coffee:

Though he hesitates to recommend any particular Hanoi cafe, Mr. Lowerson does have some advice for the coffee loving visitor: “Just pull up a stool anywhere, sip the sweetness and watch the passing parade.”



Daisey
October 14, 2009, 11:18 pm
Filed under: New York

The pug we occasionally watch for a friend:

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Beautiful Day at Fire Island National Seashore
September 26, 2009, 3:17 pm
Filed under: New York

A sunny day in September:

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