A fairly cosmic podcast this time, with twinkling mermen, blinking stars, a return to the original four winds of Bright Eyes, folk (Danny Schmidt, who has a new album that reminds me of when I listened to him in Charlottesville with my friend Seth), anti-folk (Hem), and a final quiet song to transition out of [...]

 

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Yesterday, I traded stories with my friend Dianna when we met for lunch at Go-Go’s. With buttery empanadas (try the steak chimichurri and the shrimp scampi) and salads full of good things, I can see why they know Dianna’s name here (I think they will soon learn mine). Here, she gestures how she cannot be [...]

My friend Kevin was in Miami this week for a Knight Foundation event, and his order during a working lunch with Mayur and Jess arrived with a surprising garnish, perhaps to anchor the plate’s portion in the patio gusts: Saturday morning I was similarly surprised at the last Coral Gables market; a new favorite orchid [...]

I don’t usually blog about work, but this is my favorite thing that I’ve done at Knight. Image by Emily Lerman/LAist. I’m in the middle surrounded all of these wonderful leaders–missing from the picture is my co-conspirator at GOOD, Max Schorr. Two weeks ago yesterday, I flew to L.A. for an event that GOOD Magazine [...]

It started yesterday morning at the Pinecrest farmers’ market with watermelon radishes and their pink hearts. The Redland Organics table always surprises me, and I learned that loofah sponges begin as luffa gourds (can be eaten as a vegetable when young), and I may plant some of the seeds still inside my cucurbit to grow [...]