http://www.comboplates.com/ a song for everything en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:47:16 -0500 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:07:16 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i’ve been away for work for almost a week and was more than anxious to get home to daphne and the kids. ian, the driver taking me to heathrow, was the jovial, gray-haired sort that reminded me more than... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/06/girl_with_a_mes.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/06/girl_with_a_mes.php Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:47:16 -0500 it’s been almost a year since i’ve been to doha, and i have had more caviar in the past 3 days than i’ve had in the past 3 years. i had it for three lunches, one dinner, and on... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/05/court_dining_1.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/05/court_dining_1.php Wed, 28 May 2008 07:46:15 -0500 restaurant specializes in fried rice. menu features only a dozen variety of fried rice dishes, and relishes that go with them. off the top of my head, i can think of taiwanese, singaporean, and a few out-of-nowhere ones, like... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/04/dream_biz_1662.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/04/dream_biz_1662.php Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:54:04 -0500 chatting with a friend the other day, i heard myself saying how much i love being a dad. i guess i’ve felt this way for a while but just never said it. i love going to the natural history... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/03/chatting_with_a.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/03/chatting_with_a.php Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:53:08 -0500 a perky tune or two... a shot of the surreal... ...a twist of sublime and the bassline. exactly how i remembered it.... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/02/how_to_celebrat.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/02/how_to_celebrat.php Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:58:17 -0500 made my day rudy got his comeuppance in florida. never had much love for the man: i hated his bullying way when he was da mayor, and was deeply offended by all his 9/11 self-promotion and marketing. turning time... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/01/_made_my_day_ru.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2008/01/_made_my_day_ru.php Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:55:21 -0500 my first impression of kingston was murky. i don’t mean my impression was murky, but the place was murky, as in not well lit. the entire norman manley international airport felt low-wattage, as if it's in a brownout. outside,... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/12/murky_kingston_1.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/12/murky_kingston_1.php Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:25:54 -0500 “kenny dope wanna kick yo ass,” jay told me as soon as i got to the office. “yeah, he gonna kick yo ass back to china,” mick chimed in, both rows of his yellow, gappy teeth showing. “shut the... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/11/house_not_a_hom.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/11/house_not_a_hom.php Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:59:59 -0500 i was introduced to pat metheny by this french girl, an ex-girlfriend who had hit the stereotype jackpot: mussy hair, oversized ratty sweater, art major/philosophy minor, a cup of luke-warm coffee in one hand, a smoldering hand-rolled butt in... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/10/needle_to_noodl_1.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/10/needle_to_noodl_1.php Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:06:56 -0500 a few weeks after i arrived at a small east bay biotech company i started hearing stories about kary. there was no way for me to verify what i heard but the versions i’ve collected from different people were... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/09/avocado_of_ten.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/09/avocado_of_ten.php Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:20:08 -0500 after exhanging a few emails with moby, i realized he has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. sure, he has a self-professed interest in music therapy and seems to support those who offer it, but his grasp... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/08/rosetta_stone_a.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/08/rosetta_stone_a.php Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:59:39 -0500 we got to the restaurant quarter after 9 and there was hardly anyone there. true, it’s still early, but it was also sunday night; either way, it didn’t look like there’s going to be a crowd. which suited us... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/07/sunday_night_in.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/07/sunday_night_in.php Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:53:53 -0500 “don’t buy food that are made in china anymore,” my mom warned over the phone. “you don’t know what’s in them.” that warning came not in the last few weeks, when it seemed everyday brought revelation of another chinese... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/07/bad_formula.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/07/bad_formula.php Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:46:11 -0500 i’ve always known life was very different for my grandparents’ generation: my grandfather was raised by his uncle and aunt instead of his own parents because as the head of the family, they were not able to have a... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/06/a_different_dre.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/06/a_different_dre.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:57:39 -0500 we were barely out of the midtown tunnel when ione decided she has had enough. “daddy, i want to get out,” she declared. good thing daphne and i had anticipated this, albeit closer to the end of our drive... http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/06/soundview_1.php http://www.comboplates.com/archives/2007/06/soundview_1.php Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:57:43 -0500