Last week I was in New York en route to Asia. A couple of Manhattan friends, novelist Monique Truong and restaurateur/chef Pichet Ong, suggested that I check out BaoHaus, a new Lower East Side snack joint serving up Taiwanese stuffed buns called gua bao. BaoHaus’s buns are not round, filled b...

>> The spoils of the Christopher Kane sale have already been feeding back to me so this is just another reminder that it's still on for another day and that they're restocking for today I hear too... I went fairly early with no long queues to contend with unlike last time when it was also bitt...

I know you Lost fanatics out there would pick this baby up in a heartbeat. The bigger question is, what are the selling features of a Lost NES game? My ideas below, but please, I could use some help from all you Losties. Oh and uh, **spoilurz** be up ahead, so you know, be weary: Shadow Level...

My parents always taught me that it was rude to talk about money, but I'm going to disobey them just this one time (heh) and talk about how I support myself. It's a subject I rarely if ever talk about, because it brings up a great deal of shame, although it SHOULDN'T. But all of this is intercon...

Let me start this post by saying I'm a madeleine snob. A bona fide, unrepentant madeleine snob. Don't talk to me about those nasty little packets of "madeleine" by the cash register at your Starbucks. They're awful, with texture seemingly composed, somehow, of paraffin. Those buckets of s...

If you're 5', 10", with a 32" waist whatever size is considered standard, chances are you've never had a problem finding clothes that fit you. But for the rest of us, with our odd shapes and sizes and thick thighs and broader than hipster shoulders, finding off-the-rack clothes that fit just r...

Paris from the dome of Sacre Coeur Ah, Paris. City of joie de vivre, esprit de corps, and that certain je ne sais quoi. After I won David's competition, and secured my two free Eurostar tickets, David asked if I'd write a post or two reporting back from my travels. So here I am. If you're on...

>> I'm not a huge fan of Tumblr style/image-based blogging. It's like the mental stream of consciousness without words and more often than not I'm presented with beautiful images but wondering why the person who posted it thought the image worthy of a spot on their Tumblr/blog or what not. Tha...

"Chick flick." I can just see the first time someone used that to refer to a movie. Oh man...I have the perfect term for this movie my wife/girlfriend/friend/sister/cousin wants me to see. What a nomenclature genius! I'll admit it - I'm one of those guys. I know all about bra sizes, and feminine...

I don't know how I haven't heard this mentioned anywhere other than a tech blog. Put This On is a just started web series about "dressing like a grownup." The production value is high, but much more important than that is the spirit of the video - completely open, friendly, and, well, awesom...

Karl Lagerfeld is eating breakfast at a small cafe around the corner from his office. On the table are several items, all spaced evenly from each other: a spoon; a knife; a fork; two boiled eggs (soft-boiled); a glass of orange juice; a macchiato; toast made from bread so thin it is almost tran...