Peeps!

March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In honor of my favorite holiday candy, the delicious mushy sugary Peeps, I introduce this splendid website, Peep Research. Click the link to find out about how Peeps respond to heat, cold, solubility, and low pressure environments, and follow along with the photos depicting a ground-breaking surgical separation of quintuple Peeps!

Delux: Sorry!!!

November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I have always enjoyed going to the Delux Café in Boston’s South End. For one thing, there’s a poster on the wall of Bernard Hinault winning a sprint in a full 70s wooly top. I also noticed last night that there’s an image of Ernesto Colnago presenting Pope John Paul with a bicycle in 1979! […]

I love hot dogs

June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment

This article, about the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest, is fabulous. The reigning champ is “eating injured”!
I had my first hot dog of the season yesterday, along the waterfront a bit south of Boston - in South Boston? Dorchester? Very tasty. I could not eat 58 more, however. Competitive eating is not for me.
However, I […]