Service Matters
Last weekend, The Wife and I went out to our Friday night date. We went to a new restaurant in the area, one that advertises that its very name refers to its excellence. We, however, were underwhelmed, and in the… Continue Reading
Food
Guidelines For Dinner Parties At Soffit House
If you aren’t invited to dinner this time around, please don’t be offended. We can’t have everyone over all the time. We try to bring together interesting people interacting with one another. Singles are welcome to, but not obliged to,… Continue Reading
Writing Again
It’s been quite a busy time in the real world, a place that I occupy much more often than the intellectually interesting but not-very-interactive land of Law And Policy Blogging. So before I get into some thoughts about immigration reform,… Continue Reading
Photographic Discipline
I saw myself in a photograph yesterday. This led to my decision to eat three-quarters of a salad for lunch today, and to tell myself quite falsely that I didn’t really want the pasta quattro formaggi. This exercise of discipline… Continue Reading
Fast Food The Five Thirty Eight Way
It’s the KFC “Double Down.” I’d call it a “sandwich” except it’s, well, a big mass of meat. First you take a fried chicken breast. Then you put some cheese on it. Then some bacon. Slather it with something they… Continue Reading
Tourism In The High Desert
I’ve been doing stuff, and not spending a lot of time blogging. While my in-laws were in town, I logged 800 miles on my car. This involved: Soffit House to LAX to pick up the in-laws LAX to Chinatown for… Continue Reading
TL The Tour Guide
The in-laws are out from Wisconsin to visit. Yesterday The Wife and I drove down to the airport to pick them up in the late morning. The Wife suggested we take them to Philippe for lunch, which seemed like a… Continue Reading
O Felice Giorno!
Sometimes, a good beer is just the thing you want. Libertine Benjamin Franklin once said that “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Whether he believed in God or not depended on what point… Continue Reading
McDonald’s Mayhem
Twenty-four year-old Melodi Dushane, of Toledo, Ohio, really wanted some Chicken McNuggets. Don’t judge her for that — we’ve all been there. But when she got to the McDonald’s and found that they were out, her response was not disappointment. … Continue Reading
The Most Efficient Sweetener Around
Why is everything sweetened with high fructose corn syrup? Because calorie for calorie, it’s the sweetest inexpensive natural sweetener around. If other kinds of sweeteners were used, products would be more expensive and have more calories. Not sweetening food products… Continue Reading