Archive for May, 2008

Pannonia

Kenny and I are headed to a friend’s wedding in Long Island this weekend, and then off for a two-week jaunt to Pannonia: Budapest and Croatia, possibly taking day trips to Bosnia and Montenegro. We’re planning on taking a laptop with us for this one, so I may post some photos and he may post […]

East vs. West

An exchange between Kenny, Gio, and myself a couple nights ago:
KENNY: I was telling Claudette earlier that you’re a Berkeley feminist, not an East Coast Ivy League feminist. LAUREN: Oh? And how would you define each of those? GIO: One is an Obama supporter, the […]

Sita Sings the Blues

Gio, Kenny, Vidya, and I (all of whom once lived in a Seattle apartment building named after The Ramayana) saw a fantastic film at SIFF called Sita Sings the Blues. It’s an animated version of the Ramayana, told from a very pro-Sita perspective and set to Annette Hanshaw jazz numbers from the 20s. And if […]

Central America

My brother is planning a trip to Central America in a few weeks. I wrote up a few recommendations for him based on my trip to Belize & Guatemala last May, and I thought that others planning similar trips might benefit as well. In general, Central America was a fantastic destination and Kenny and I […]

Ready for Snow!

Taking advantage of some serious end-of-season clearance sale action, I bought a sweet new toy yesterday. Can’t wait ’til the season starts up again to try it out (okay, not really — I actually can’t wait for summer. But this should make next winter a lot more fun).

Where is Honey Moon Tea?

Gio and Kenny and I decided to stop at Honey Moon Tea (in the Uwajimaya Food Court) after dim sum in the I-District today for some of their delectable black tea ice cream, and the stand was gone. One of the other food stand proprietors told us that it had moved “around the corner,” but […]