Miloš Karadaglić on tour

http://youtu.be/lLaev8EbcNE

I love classical and Spanish guitar, so listening to and watching Miloš Karadaglić perform is mesmerizing. I was so bummed I missed him performing at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre last year.

On being well rounded

While rereading an October 2011 Brain Pickings roundup of Steve Jobs quotations, I got to thinking that Jobs’s views on the importance of a broad-based education echo certain sentiments in “The Education of an Artist,” a chapter in The Shape of Content by Ben Shahn. In particular there’s a quote by Jobs from the February 1996 issue […]

Lands End day trip

The weather’s supposed to clear up this Sunday after several off-and-on days of much-needed rain, so I’m hoping to take the opportunity to bolt to San Francisco for a little day trip around the Outer Sunset / Lands End / the Legion of Honor. My plan is to check out Outerlands for the amazing-looking Dutch […]

Maurice Sendak’s best thank-you

I’m convinced that children’s-book authors like Maurice Sendak are just awesome like that because they themselves still have a child’s heart. See also exhibit B: Roald Dahl’s thank-you letter for a young fan’s “dream in a bottle.” (via Letters of Note Twitpic)

The ultimate egg primer

I can hardly wait to try this out, because it’s just what a novice like me needs: a primer of cooking techniques on “The Incredible Egg,” courtesy of Bon Appétit. It’s got the basics plus the superlatives, like “The Softest Scramble” by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, “The Perfect Poach” by Thomas Keller, and “The Silkiest Carbonara” adapted […]