Goatless

  • Vegan Austin

    Had lots of good vegan food in Austin during SXSW. One good meal was the basil tofu from Mekong River on Sixth. I ended up eating there a couple of times – very convienent to the Austin Convention Center, the Austin Hilton, and 6th street in general. I had great meals at all these places:

  • Music that Matters

    Music that Matters

    KEXP has a podcast series called Music That Matters. You should immediately go download them all, if you haven’t been listening to them already. The music is all over the map – different episodes have different themes, so there’s quite a range of different styles. Browse the previous episodes page to get a sense of…

  • What is the allowable seep?

    So this morning I was supposed to fly to Cincinnati, OH, which actually means flying to Covington Kentucky, just across the Ohio river. (One of the rivers over which escaping slaves crossed in the antebellum U.S., But I digress). I get to Logan in Boston at about 5:10am for a 6:00 flight, but get through…

  • KFC Rats

    I wonder how people who ate here the day before are feeling?

  • Vegetarian Kosher Indian – Pongal

    Vegetarian Kosher Indian – Pongal

    In Manhattan this week for a few meetings, I got a chance to try a new place. Pongal, at 110 Lexington Ave in midtown (map), is a vegetarian, kosher, Indian restaurant. (There are four or five kosher, vegetarian Indian restaurants in between 27th and 28th on Lexington). The menu‘s online – the Alu Gobi was…

  • There has to be a better way

    There has to be a better way

    There just has got to be a better way to get access to content from good UK-based music magazines! Subscriptions to the “rest of the world” are incredibly expensive: For Mojo and Q, that’s roughly $300 USD / yr, or $25/month. (In the UK, the same subscriptions would be about $150 USD, or $12.50/month. Why…

  • Organic Garden Cafe, Beverly MA

    Organic Garden Cafe, Beverly MA

    My wife and I had dinner the other night at the Organic Garden in Beverly (map). It’s an all vegan, raw food restaurant, with a focus on organic ingredients – including organic wine and beer.

  • Post-Cabaret

    Post-Cabaret

    Â Although all labels are odious, I’ve come to like the term “post-cabaret” as a way of referring to an interesting and diverse group of musicians, including: Regina Spektor Nellie McKay Casey Dienel Dresden Dolls

  • Angelica Kitchen, New York, NY

    Angelica Kitchen, New York, NY

    So last week I was in Manhattan for the day, and convinced my non-vegan colleague Brian to lunch with me at Angelica Kitchen in the East Village (300 E. 12th Street) (Sorry for the glare in the photo – sunny day in NY even if quite cold).

  • Stop Global Warming: Eat Vegetables

    I’m often asked whether I’m a vegetarian because of ethical concerns about the treatment of animals (i.e., that we kill them) or for health reasons (because, I suppose you could argue, the animals humans eat kill us). The easy answer is yes. And also for environmental reasons. That’s the one people don’t even think to…

  • Podcasting Becomes Eclectic

    Podcasting Becomes Eclectic

    One of my favorite benefits of the Internet is the ability to connect with media you would otherwise not likely have known: bands, bloggers, radio shows, and the like. At the top of the shortlist of the discoveries I’m happiest about finding the online, streaming version of Morning Becomes Eclectic, a radio show from KCRW…

  • Detroit Airport, Walled Garden?

    Detroit Airport, Walled Garden?

    I was in Detroit, Michigan earlier this week. (I hear many folks now describe this area as “southeastern Michigan” rather than “the Detroit area” – to avoid scaring away the out-of-towners.)

  • Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me

    Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me

    Another favorite podcast of mine is a show co-produced byChicago Public Radio and NPR called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Self-described as “the oddly informative news quiz,” the show takes a humorous spin on the week’s news, involving a panel of comedic talent (regulars include Roy Blount, Jr, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce, PJ O’Rourke, Mo…

  • My Own Hell to Raise

    My Own Hell to Raise

    Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last few days. (Not literally stuck, of course – it’s all digital now, and I could change it if I want, but can’t bring myself to). Bettye’s been…

  • Permapuppy

    From a promo for Michael Crichton’s Next comes this ad, featuring a cavalier king charles spaniel (we have two at our house just like this one): You can find this and related products at the NextGenCode website.

  • Wish I could have been there

    A long time ago I had a client in New Haven, and spent a fair amount of time there – walking by the New Haven Colliseum on the way from the train into town. I wish I could have been there for this:

  • Austin, via Houston, via Memphis, via Boston . . .

    Austin, via Houston, via Memphis, via Boston . . .

    I’m visiting the new Optaros office in Austin this week. Who knew it could be so challenging to get between two major US cities? There was really no direct flight that was going to make this easy.

  • Terminal A, Logan Airport, Thursday Night, 9:45pm

    Terminal A, Logan Airport, Thursday Night, 9:45pm

    Testing out the “Sepia” function in the camera phone in my Samsung i607 (Cingular Blackjack).

  • Manna Vegetarian Cafe, Cincinnati

    Manna Vegetarian Cafe, Cincinnati

    Had a great lunch at Manna Vegetarian Deli in downtown Cincinnati. (map)

  • Eating Vegan at the Westin Cincinnati

    So I’m in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for work. (map) I flew in Tuesday night. After the “Northern Kentucky Regional Airport” and their no cabs without first getting a taxi request slip from the desk inside the airport – which took me a few minutes to figure out, and a $25 cab ride into Cincinnati,…