Category Archives: On the road

Yet another Chinese food post!

I went to a great Chinese restaurant recently and they gave me crabs!

Soft-shelled crabs, of course.
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The Feeder Feed: Scruffy and Christological Goldfinch Edition

I haven’t posted much about the birds at the feeder.  This, and a recent trip to … Continue reading

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A breather

I’ve had some email wondering why I haven’t been posting very much.
Sometimes I need a little … Continue reading

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The Feeder Feed: Theban Sphinx Edition

You know the story of Oedipus.
Here is a terracotta bell-krater from Paestum in S Italy. … Continue reading

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Fortune Cookie Report: Franciscan Edition

I am still puzzling over what happened in that fortune cookie factory.

And the wontons in chile … Continue reading

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The Feeder Feed: Rose Without Thorns Edition

Here is a lovely statue of Mary, portrayed as a Queen, with her scepter of a … Continue reading

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Impossible lunch

I came today to Veselka in the East Village. It is jammed but I slid … Continue reading

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The Feeder Feed: Venetian Christological Goldfinch Edition

At the Met in NYC there is a nice exhibit of paintings and drawings of the … Continue reading

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Catholic League’s 5th Ave Nativity Scene

I posted some time ago about the Catholic League’s Creche or Nativity Scene in New York … Continue reading

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The Feeder Feed: Met “Hoopoe” Edition

In the new Near East section at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you are able to … Continue reading

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