Archive for January 18th, 2005
Tuesday
Speaking of “Iron Chef America” – William Grimes, the NY Times’ ex-food critic-turned-critic-at-large writes some nice stuff on the new show – with some fascinating word choices: Loyal fans of the original series, which ran in Japan from 1993 to 1999 and eventually totaled nearly 300 episodes, will find themselves in familiar territory with “Iron [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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C is for Cookie
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time again, and this year is the 30th anniversary of the Samoa, which is probably one of the world’s most perfect cookies (the Thin Mint comes pretty close, though). P– called about them at work and I’m down for 2 and 1 of each.
Posted: January 18th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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The Lying, the Switches and the Wardrobe
Truth be told, I usually come up with the titles for my entries before I actually write them, not the other way around. That being said, let’s go to the switches: two revivals which are followups to miniseries that have Asian American flavor. Battlestar Galactica (the SciFi reimaging): I generally like it, as long as [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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