Czupka Cakis

2009

December 22
November 39
October 55
September 72
August 67
July 67
June 59
May 88
April 85
March 118
February 42
January 118

2008

December 55
November 69
October 90
September 122
August 89
July 123
June 140
May 116
April 53
March 95
February 82
January 39
The Wire, Simpsons-ized. (via the A.V. Club)
Apr 30th
“It was odd. I’d always heard how clean Canada was, how...”
— David Sedaris, describing...
Apr 28th
“Seven ages: first puking and mewling; Then very pissed off...”
— All the World’s a Stage,...
Apr 28th
Warch Watch
An excerpt from Le Ballon Rouge, 1956: a classic short childrens’ film made almost entirely in...
Apr 28th
Apr 27th

Reading:

After a long and puzzling spell of not reading, and not enjoying what I was managing to crack open,...
Apr 27th
"I prefer laughter to tears"
Apr 24th

High in Italy

We went driving in the Italian Alps again on our last full day down south. Beautiful-from-a-distance...
Apr 21st
Ventimiglia
Apr 21st
Italian Alps
Apr 21st
Italian Alps
Apr 21st
Ceriana
Apr 21st
Italian Alpine Terracing 
Apr 21st
Hotel de Londres
Apr 21st
Those Filthy French, part 4.
Apr 21st
Back in Menton’s main square. 
Apr 21st
The view from Menton cemetary
Apr 21st
Menton from Mirazur
Apr 21st

Pigeon-eaters

On our last night in Menton we went for dinner at Mirazur, a Michelin-starred restaurant on the edge...
Apr 21st
Shrimp marinated in yuzu, with apple jelly, Granny Smith...
Apr 21st
Asparagus, apple and yogurt salad
Apr 21st
Roasted morelles with potatoes and new garlic foam
Apr 21st
Pea soup with parmesan and vegetable broth
Apr 21st
Shellfish with a tomato confit and black sesame
Apr 21st
Unidentified fish (“pagre?”), olive dust, almond...
Apr 21st
Slow-cooked pigeon with forest strawberries, endive and...
Apr 21st
Black sesame sponge, curried mascarpone and coconut sorbet
Apr 21st
The glamorous French Riviera.
Apr 17th
Soupe au pistou.
Apr 17th
Apr 17th
Gorbio.
Apr 17th
Gorbio kitties.
Apr 17th
Gorbio.
Apr 17th
Gorbio.
Apr 17th
Italy.
Apr 17th
The Menton market.
Apr 17th

Cottonhead Row

So Menton is actually the Victoria, B.C. of the French Riviera, which is not such a bad thing to be....
Apr 17th
Menton at night.
Apr 17th
We’re in Menton, on the French Riviera, for Y’s...
Apr 16th
Black Flag hair timeline. I only saw them once, in 1985 or...
Apr 11th
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Pietsie, Olivia and Fi.
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Rijsttafel
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
Apr 6th

Dam'd

Back from a few days in Amsterdam. It’s a grower, a city that reminds me a little bit too much...
Apr 6th
Apr 6th
“Amsterdam is an agreeable city. It’s human-sized, and...”
— A.A. Gill, Previous...
Apr 6th