Archives for January, 2010

so, as mentioned here and here and here last night was the boys climbing ropes record release party (support by duck fight ...


every group of friends has one friend who is the center of energy, fun, and crazy ideas. for 2 years my friend zafar filled that ...


if you're in china, sometime some of the sites you might want to get to are blocked - some of these might be twitter, facebook, ...


what next? good thing i have this handy decision tree/flowchart. stolen from a new way to think about the 5 second rule


while i was in new york, my co-workers took me to see a knicks game, at the world's most famous arena, madison square garden.


so after a couple of weeks of watching iron chef america back in the states, i came back to shanghai inspired to cook some new ...


i'm unabashed in my love for all things university of california, berkeley. oftentimes, this leads to sadness when putting one's hope into our various sports ...


after spending my christmas and new year's holidays in (relatively) sunny california, i hopped on a plane headed eastwards for new york city. unfortunately, as ...


as someone who gets paid their salary paid into a chinese bank traveling abroad has always required an extra step of preparation, meaning one had ...


shanghai desk workers on the nanjing west road strip know there's a few reliable places to get a salad during lunchtime. the usual haunts of ...


by now, i'm sure you're well aware of the brutal destruction that has struck haiti with the earthquake. having spent some (not enough) of my time ...


in yet another post in a never ending effort for me to write a non-food blog, i bring another food post. one of the joys of ...


cheap, tasty food close to campus is a staple of any college town, and berkeley is no different. but once you've graduated and go back, ...


one of my best friends in the world just recently moved to oakland with her american football loving french husband. christie and gregory now live ...