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Its all about .ME

I am not a huge fan of the “personal brand” sentiments. Something about pushing yourself on people rubs me the wrong way. That said, I do really like the idea of controlling your own identity online. After all, if you don’t own it, someone else will! In the past I have used iWeb and .Mac [ READ MORE ]

Hiding in the Spotlight – coming to Richmond!

Four years ago my grandmother got a phone call. “Is this Grace Dawson?, the Grace Dawson?” Calling from Florida was a voice of a family member she had never met but was nonetheless inescapably tied to. Greg Dawson had set out to write the story of his mother and her sister – a story which [ READ MORE ]

Passing acquaintances, big impacts

  • May 19th, 2009
  • Posted in blog

Wilson “Syke” Dansey (pronounced like Psych) looks seventy-five years old, and has done so for the more than ten years that I have known him. He is a distinguished older gentlemen who was always dressed impeccably, yet always with a youthful flare – a striped tie on a striped shirt, or bright bow tie with [ READ MORE ]

Easter weekend in Lynchburg

What a great weekend for photography – as always, check flickr[ READ MORE ]

Hopping around – post op day 5

Just a quick update – five days after surgery, things are on the mend. I think it is safe to say that I underestimated the recovery from the ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (days 1, 2, and 3) were spent in bed with little or no mobility. It was during physical [ READ MORE ]

day 2 – let the rehab begin

Not a lot to report today except for some reduction in the pain. I have discovered that ‘keeping in front of the pain’ means taking the meds before you need them. As long as I set some reminders, then it seems to be much more manageable. Yesterday was my first dose of physical therapy. Given [ READ MORE ]

A leg up – one day after surgery

Fans of the TV show Top Chef know that contestants are often admonished for not tasting their food before it goes to the diners. Sampling your wears is the tenet of any service industry. That said I would wager that most healthcare professionals have not volunteered to go under the knife just to see what [ READ MORE ]

so it begins…

…and so it begins. This menu was mailed out to the wonderfully generous and woefully complacent donors who bid on and won a catered meal for this weekend. There may be a few tricks in store. I’ll post the detailed menu and photos after the event. Wish us luck and send some virtual condolences to [ READ MORE ]

Per Se Menus

At the end of December we had the privilege of dining at Per Se, arguably one of the best restaurants in the world. Distilling an experience like Per Se down to an accolade would be to lose everything that Per Se is. I make a point on this site to write about simple food, and [ READ MORE ]

The Per Se kitchen

I am still mentally digesting our meal from Per Se. Check back soon for a post about the menus and our meal. As a quick update, I did want to share a few photos from our behind the scenes tour of the kitchen. The rumors of the video link between the French Laundry and Per [ READ MORE ]

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