From 2006 to 2009, Spain’s El Bulli restaurant was named “The Best Restaurant In The World” by Restaurant magazine, though they slipped to second place in 2010. El Bulli sits high in the mountains of Catalonia, Spain at the end of a winding one-lane road. The Amateur Gourmet documented the 30 course meal (!) they…
Month: March 2011
Star Wars: The Musical
Someone at Salon just discovered Star Wars: The Musical, an original high school musical production that I worked on. I was on the stage crew doing…well, I can’t remember. 1996 was a long time ago. I do remember pushing the massive wall of the garbage compactor onstage with a handful of other nerds, though. At…
Calm down about Japan, Americans
If Japan melts down, America will be okay. Japan won’t be okay. In fact it’ll be pretty horrible over there for a long time. But radiation levels over here are not anything to be concerned about. …health and nuclear safety experts agree that even if radiation levels around the plant reach Chernobyl-like levels, Japan’s disaster…
The sounds of Los Angeles
You Are Listening To Los Angeles takes live LAPD police radio calls and overlays them with ambient music. You wouldn’t think so, but the end result is greater than the sum of its parts. The live feed is provided by a contributor to Radio Reference, which also hosts hundreds of other live feeds from across…