Filed under: Food
Cajun guacamole in honor of New Orleans:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

(Photo via Chuck)
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.”

Filed under: New York
A sunny day in September:






