The Woodwork

This is an article written by my Uncle Francis who spends his retirement sending amusing e-mails to family members that eventually get to me, and leaving hilarious messages on my cousin’s answering machine. I’d thought I’d share his latest dispatch with you…

Breakfast with Uncle Francis
Oakland, California
Nikon D200, 50mm f/1.8D
1/60 sec @ f/1.8, iso 100, 50mm [...]

Updating this post. Here are the current prices at the Fisherman’s Wharf McDonald’s:

double cheeseburger: $1
bacon cheesburger: $1
hamburger: $1.19
cheeseburger: $1.29
bacon double cheesburger: $1.59

LUNCH 20 @AOL.COM
AOL, Mountain View, California
Nikon D70, Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G
f/4 at 1/25 second, iso 500, 12mm (18mm)

Summer is here and Lunch 2.0 is starting up again. There are two events scheduled already, and from two of my favorite Web 2.0 startups to boot!
The first one will be at LinkedIn. Which is important because their founder [...]

For almost a month now, I’ve been living in the best place to dine according to Bon Appétit readers.
Other than fast food, I’ve eaten out here a total of three times.
Things to get
milk
parmigiano-reggiano
toothbrush
clairefontaine notebooks
1/2″ TZ tape
iron and ironing board
life

I’ve talked about this before, but since I’m on the move again, grocery shopping is out and fast food is back in. Here are three thoughts that have occurred to me while waiting for my order at the nearest three fast food joints:
When I was in college, a “Thirsty two ouncer” from AM/PM was a [...]

What did I cook this in?

Sweet & Sour Chicken closeup
Sunnyvale, California
Panasonic DMC-LX1
1/30sec @ f/2.8, iso 200, 6.3mm (28mm)

From: 11/24/05 11:24 AM
Yesterday at work, I had a long discussion on whether or not Teflon causes cancer. The paranoia is best outlined in articles such as this. (Nora, stick to romantic comedies, because I’m going to rip [...]

Yesterday after a particularly nasty source code integration, Hong mentioned that we should celebrate with a little bit of soju. Discussions of soju led to him mentioning Japan’s version and then me mentioning that the Chinese have a version of their own: the most memorable being the infamous Moutai.
Soju is often cut down with something [...]

I was at Costco today to pick up some extra FoodSaver bags. After that I wandered around a little bit and I couldn’t avoid the temptation to pick up a copy of The Gourmet Cookbook ($22.49 at Costco).
This book consists of over 1000 recipes culled from the over 50,000 ones that appeared in the last [...]

Thanks for the link, Blake.

“You tell nice stories, and sorry to hear about your mom.”
It’s been almost seven years now, so that didn’t really bother me until a couple hours later, as I was driving home, I realized how much I missed sharing stories with her. I fell into a funk.
It is said that Irma Rombauer wrote The Joy [...]