Lately, due to general life busy-ness, I’ve fallen behind on my unofficial list of things I’d like to do in the DC area. It’s amazing how after more than two decades of being in this city my list just keeps getting longer and longer. I’ll do this list in two parts. First, [...]

I’ve developed a new obsession. I want to make tofu — no, not dishes containing tofu. I’d like to make tofu itself. It doesn’t appear to be overly difficult (buy some soybean, set aside a few hours, and voila you have beautiful homemade tofu). But it turns out that it’s [...]

As a native Washingtonian, it’s easy for me to say, with an air of boredom and disdain, “I hate politics.” But it’s impossible to deny that I do have some interest in the topic… after all, for better or worse, politics does make the world go-round. Here’s a little round-up of some recent [...]