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hong kong, part 5

Part Four What else is there to do in Hong Kong, besides eat dim sum and buy cheap merchandise? Try a foot massage! But get a recommendation first, because every block has the sign of the smiling insole poking out of one building or another. We got a recommendation from Josh and Emma (echoed by [...]

if that’s what you had in mind, if that’s what you’re all about

I helped Sylvia move her furniture out of her apartment on Saturday. She rented a storage cube from U-Haul (“UPod”) and also hired some movers to get the heavy furniture down the stairs. The movers turned out to be a mover, which meant I got promoted from management to labor right quick. Raphael and I [...]

so we’ll go no more a-roving

There’s an indifferent bar on Mass Ave in Cambridge called the Asgard. It’s an Irish pub. Don’t ask me what Asgard has to do with the Irish, although the Norse certainly had their way with Ireland a dozen centuries ago. Asgard differs from other Irish pubs in Boston in degree but not distinction. The dark, [...]

he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink

Discovered two awesome beers this weekend: * The Racer 5 IPA (WARNING: terrible website design), a California brew that made its way to Common Ground in Allston. Just the right blend of bitterness and sourness that makes a good IPA for me. * Berkshire Brewing Company’s Steel Rail Pale Ale. Sylvia and I ate at [...]

the season opened last July ever since the U.S.A. went dry

A few weeks ago, I got a mailer offering me a nice discount on any purchases from the New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet. For those of you not from New England: the Outlet is the only chain of stores where hard liquor or wine may be sold in New Hampshire. Since New Hampshire has [...]

shots, shots, shots, shots, shots

BIMA‘s biggest event is their annual summer cruise, a jaunt around Boston’s harbor. BIMA also holds a Christmas gala, but the turnout’s not quite as good: it’s harder to coordinate people around the holidays. Everyone shows up for the good weather and free booze, though. My coworkers suggested we walk from Copley Square to the [...]

london part five

When Misch and I found Barrio Central, a Mexican-themed pub in Soho, we spent the night there dancing with strangers. Late in the evening I flagged the bartender down with a fiver. “I’m from the States,” I explained. “What would you recommend that’s local to Europe?” The bartender produced two bottles. “This is Vedett,” he [...]

london part three

(These posts are arranged by impressions, not chronologically. Viewer discretion is advised) Does London have more attractive people because it’s a denser city? Because it’s a more desirable city to live? Or is this the same principle that’s at work in all cold reads – I remember the hits and discount the failures? The eye [...]

open up your eyes just to check that you’re asleep again

This weekend, roughly half the things I tried to schedule failed. It was a loud, continual reminder of how forces beyond your control can throw your plans out the window. First, my phone stopped notifying me of messages on Friday evening. I missed three voicemails and three text messages between eight o’clock and midnight. While [...]

said it ain’t where you’re from; it’s where you’re at

Weddings are wasted on the young. I don’t mean the really young, like J.J’s toddler, who would sprint across the dance floor to give someone a high-five then hide behind his mother’s skirts. But anyone between the ages of seven and seventeen has no business being at a wedding. Unless it’s their own and they’re [...]

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