Brian's Special

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The Ingredients

Here's a little something I sometimes cook up whenever it's my turn to take command in the kitchen. This simple, elegant dish has been dubbed "Brian's Special" around the homestead. The ingredients couldn't be more simple, as pictured above, just some sliced chicken sausage, various chopped vegetables (today it's carrots and string beans), chopped garlic, olive oil, sea salt and red pepper.

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Restaurant Review: Japonais

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Well as part of my birthday weekend celebration, we trekked over to the newly opened Japonais New York restaurant and Lounge at 111 E 18th St. in the Union Square area of Manhattan.

I had walked by the restaurant a number of times while the space was under construction and was intrigued enough to make a mental note to return when it opened.

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About Me

So that's me there in that picture. Or me in anime/manga form. I'll probably change that picture from time to time. What else? Well, I call New York City home. My passions include, but are by no means limited to music, politics, capoeira, and good single malt scotch. I suppose if you need to know more than that just mosey on over to the about page more info.

A Quick Observation

Ah, death metal and ballet - two great tastes that go together. Well, if by together you use a crowbar and some sort of lube.

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A Short Aside

One of my favorite pleasures is spending quiet Sunday mornings with a cup of coffee and the NY Times. Highlights from this Sunday include a piece about 1970's New York and it's reflection on the ABC show 'Life on Mars' , an appreciation for the TED lecture series, a profile of one of contemporary China's best selling writers, and the role of internet social networks and protests on the Arab street.

Oh and some more bullshit from Tom Friedman...

Listening

Burst Lazarus Bird

How I missed this magnificent disc last year escapes me. Out in a barren waste where Swedish death metal meets Pink Floydian textures and Tool's hypnotic repetitiveness. A stunning work of stark metal beauty.

Reading

The Love We Share Without Knowing

Christopher Barzak's fragile novel about love and loss set in contemporary Japan. Light like a wind chime, heavy enough to break your heart.

Quote

Watch your thoughts: thoughts become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny.

- Unknown