Today’s podcast is magical. [display_podcast] It’s an interview I did in November 2009 with Michael Chamberlin, a magician who splits his time between living in New York and Washington, DC. Listen to the podcast to find out how he got involved with the art of magic.
Interview 36: Caroline, Charlie & Culture
Alliteration in the post title! Hooray! Today is one of those rare occasions when I overcome laziness to give you a brand new interview with a stranger. My 36th meal with a random takes place in Charleston, on a beautifully sunny (and only slightly humid) Sunday in August. I sat…
Podcast #26
Earlier this week I put up a podcast of my interview from August 2009 with New Orleans-based musician Buzzy “Beano” Langford. Typically I’d use a Friday site update to present a “Where Are They Now?” podcast catching up with the person I interviewed. [display_podcast] Alas, my best efforts to track…
Praising Medium Rare
I like puns. I blame my Dad for that. A sample of the kind of eye-rolling hilarity that he and I are fond of: I have a dentist’s appointment tomorrow. It’s at two thirty. Get it? Tooth hurty? Ho ho ho. But how is that type of humor relevant to…
Podcast #25
Jazz is one of the things New Orleans is best known for. But when I visited the city in August 2009, I found myself at lunch not with a jazz musician. Instead, I broke bread with rock and roll musician Buzzy “Beano” Langford, a member of New Orleans-based cover band…
Top Marks For Ted’s Bulletin
I might have a new favorite restaurant in Washington. Ted’s Bulletin serves basic but well done American fare like meatloaf, fried chicken and — oh, who am I kidding? I’m fond of their food, but I think I’m embarking on a passionate romance with the restaurant’s alcohol-fueled milkshakes. I could…
Insert Social Media Buzzwords Here
A very sparse update that is a sad cry for attention. I have little knowledge about what to do with so-called social media. My personal Facebook page mostly involves embarrassing photos from nights out or friend posting puns, cat-related news articles and stories about the Queen of England. However, in…
Podcast #24
Earlier this week, Jerry Gandolfo of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum kindly shared a few minutes of his time to update me on his life in the two years since we ate together in New Orleans at the decades-old Court of Two Sisters restaurant. [display_podcast] Click on the player…
Lauding Lincoln (Somewhat)
Last Friday night is the name of a tolerable Katy Perry song. It’s also the time that I sat down to dinner with my friend Patrick at DC restaurant Lincoln. The place serves “small” plates of American dishes like chicken pot pie, soft shell crab, lobster beignets and New York…
Podcast #23
Today’s podcast is of my interview in August 2009 with Jerry Gandolfo, curator of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. [display_podcast] During dinner in the city’s French Quarter I learned about Jerry’s life story, which includes a stint in the military before he returned to his beloved hometown of New…