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Monthly Archives: January 2011
With al Jazeera from Egypt
We remember our first plane ride, our first day of school, our first use of the telephone, our first demonstration. Our first this, our first that. For me, there was, rather late in life, my first encounter with al Jazeera–in … Continue reading
From my Files: Central Square Post Office, Cambridge,MA
[This post was originally published in the “Boston Harbors” column of the January 2001 issue of arts/Media magazine, which has since ceased publication. This is a slightly revised version. Some of the information here may be dated, though.] On the … Continue reading
Posted in From My Files, Ordinary places, Rx for Maladies
Tagged Camridge, Central Square Post Office, letter-writing, letters, MA, post office, post offices
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Meditation on Apple Pie
The festivities have ended. The Christmas trees are gone, the decorations put away, the resolutions made and, most likely broken in secret. But more than any of these things, we have begun our collective, national dessert-diss. Those delectable things we … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking Bread, Meditations, Rx for Maladies
Tagged Amman, apple pie, baklava, cafés, food, macaroons, zalatimo pastry
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From my Files: Approaching Castle Island, MA.
[This essay appeared in the “Boston Harbors” column of the April 2000 issue of artsMedia, an arts magazine which has since ceased publication. All photos are from Google images.] If approach is all, then getting to Castle Island is a … Continue reading
Posted in Cities and towns, Ordinary places
Tagged Admiral David Farragut, Castle Island, Edgar Allen Poe, For Independence, MA, Nabateans, Petra, travel
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Oh, Anthony Bourdain, your Venice is nothing like mine!
Over Christmas break, I heeded the urgings of the younger set and promised them to watch what I was told is one of the best travel programs on television: Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. Last night, Bourdain was in Venice, a … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking Bread, Cities and towns
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations, travel, Venetian food, Venice
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From my Files: Watertown
[This essay appeared originally in the summer 1998 issue of Ararat. Some of the material is dated. Some Watertown shops have changed (and changed hands or folded) since then. Arax Market itself has moved to a bigger location which is only a … Continue reading
The Many Christmases of the Holy Land
On the evening of January 5, across the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond, Christians participate in the re-enactment of the Nativity Story, and break bread around a simple, mostly vegetarian meal. All over the world, in churches that belong to the … Continue reading
2010 in review
Thanks to relatives, friends, colleagues, long lost or silent comrades, and strangers– for making this review possible! Onward to the end of 2011 and beyond. Don’t go away. If you must, come back soon! … Continue reading
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