just read about this protein branding trend and thar she blows.
think i still have bottles of liquor from when alias closed down thinking i would make drinks? was considering throwing away for shelf space. still havent looked at them. not many to be honest. i dont think i could carry much and the good stuff was gone if i remember correctly.
Finally reading Sants's Low Life and it has me scouring google maps. I have certainly walked by this building on Division St but I guess never noticed what it looks like from a distance. That or an adjacent building was torn down in the last twenty years.
oh, tv jamboree. its been a while.
too tired for linkage. why bother then?
good question.
critics i follow are all up in the pitt again and industry. havent ever watched either.
me, started some agatha christie retread on netflix with helena bonham carter, his & hers also on netflix and ponies on peacock. oh yeah, caught up with season 2 of fallout, havent checked out season 2 of the night manager (after a 10 year hiatus i dont think there was any pre-existing text to draw upon) and i guess hijack though season 1 was pretty meh.
any pitt stains around here?
Ce n'est pas un réservoir
Jose Clemente Orozco
a bit shamed that I didn't already have this level of insight on the subject. American Masters / PBS doing good work here
FULL-FAT DAIRY PRODUCTS COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA
A new long-term study by Lund University suggests that people who regularly eat full-fat cheese are less likely to develop dementia.
just saw one of these for the taking curbside. dont know if it works but thats not how garbage is done around here so my guess is it was an offering from the gods. park slope, you are on notice.
More insane than you might imagine
The Year in L.A. Restaurants Last week The Times published a very sobering story from Food reporter Stephanie Breijo on the state of the restaurant industry in Los Angeles. The gist: For many operators who thought it couldn’t get much more difficult than 2024, 2025 proved worse. Breijo outlines the topline causes: the January fires, the immigrant raids and downtown curfew, tariffs and inflation and an 8% decline in international summer tourism, according to California’s tourism board.
It’s a painful, important read, punctuated by chefs and owners across the city that Breijo interviewed. One that guts me is from Sang Yoon, who announced he was closing the Helms Bakery complex he revived a year ago, before he could open the planned full-service restaurant called Dinette.
“It feels like L.A. really lost a couple steps,” Yoon said to Breijo. “Late-night is gone. People are closing earlier. … It just doesn’t feel right. I grew up here, and it’s probably the weirdest it’s felt in my whole life. And I’ve been through a lot of weird.
Steven Heller
love this pairing. the lefts favorite former ftc chair getting busy with nyc legal codes to find some cost cutting measures. bring down those carriage fees on gas from con-ed, my friends!!!
costco wines. link is free for now.
to schwarz from santa claws
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/travel/lobster-trap-christmas-trees.html
insightful look at the reiner tragedy.
type casting
lists are often silly but had to guffaw at #1.
Architecton
