Reviews

West Coast Road Trip 2008!

October 25, 2008

A few weeks ago, Karen and I set off for a Fall vacation. This was the plan: fly in to San Francisco for 1 night, go to Napa for 2 nights, drive up the coast of CA (1 night), spend 1 night in to Portland, OR before heading to Vancouver, BC (2 nights) and finally [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend Adirondack Chair Smackdown!

June 1, 2008

Continuing the tradition of weekend backyard improvement, we ordered a pair of Adirondack Chairs from, where else, adirondackchairs.com of course! They arrived earlier in the week and we set out to put them together on Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend (hence the name of the event). To keep with the spirit of how we [...]

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Lusting after a Ghetto Blaster in 2008

April 19, 2008

This morning Gabe sent me a link to this absolutely beautiful piece of audio gear – Lasonic’s iPod Ghetto Blaster. I cannot express to you how awesome I think this is and the fact that it got such a stellar review is even more exciting. The price is a reasonable $170 but sadly there’s not [...]

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Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2007

December 18, 2007

Here’s Pitchfork’s list of the 50 best albums of the year. It tends to be a great way to catch up on what you might have missed. Make a list and then head over to your nearest bit torrent legal download service and go get some! Some of my personal fav’s: 44 Les Savy Fav [...]

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What do Bon Jovi, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Run DMC, Aerosmith, Beck, Cypress Hill and Genesis have in common?

December 6, 2007

Absolutely nothing but the Kleptones make them (and a slew of others) work, and they do so swimmingly, on this mix from the 2007 bestival. If you’re a fan of this kind of stuff (Z-Trip anyone?), give it a go.

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The Sopranos is over…

June 11, 2007

… and I’m guessing there are millions of people out there who feel gipped, and I did too. At first. ** Spoilers to follow ** When I woke up this morning to people on the radio (on ESPN Radio, no less) inevitably talking about the surprise (surprise because there was no big surprise at the [...]

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A visit to the old neighborhood

March 26, 2007

TOAD: March 22nd, 2007: Brooklyn Restaurant week goes from March 19-30 and Karen and I got a reservation at Crave last Thursday – a small place in the old neighborhood we’d always wanted to try. Our reservation was for 8 o’clock so we met up beforehand at another place we’ve been intrigued by, Bocca Lupo [...]

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Little Green Coat

March 5, 2007

TOAD: March 2nd, 2007: Speaking of things we used to love about Cobble Hill, another thing we loved was living 3 blocks away from the Cobble Hill Movie Theater – a little theater that would play a great blend of popular and indie movies. Strangely, our new apartment is practically the same exact distance from [...]

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Nut Chopper

February 17, 2007

My friend Lindsey called one day when I was making cookies and I told her I was chopping nuts with our coffee grinder, which I personally thought was brilliant at the time—a device that serves two purposes? Yes, please! A few weeks later when I saw her, she gave me this nut chopper: At first [...]

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Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World

February 17, 2007

I just wrapped up book three of 24 in 12. Take the Cannoli by Sara Vowell is a great collection of short stories, memories, and thoughts. This collection runs the gamut in terms of topics, but all were funny, enjoyable and well written. Vowell brings the reader along for her trip to Disney World, the [...]

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