Here is a PDF file with a sampling of member comments on the 1st Avaaz.org campaign, which opposes Bush's plan to increase American troops in Iraq. The comments have been edited for spelling and to protect the privacy of the individuals who wrote to Avaaz.  Click below to download the PDF: Comments taken down for [...]

Today for lunch, my co-workers Rachel and Galit took me out to lunch at a Thai/Japanese restaurant called PT212.  The food was good and the space was gorgeous.  I had a lobster, jicama and green apple rice paper spring roll and some mee grob.  For dessert, we shared a baked pear with lemongrass, anise and [...]

Shanee Pink of the up-and-coming neo-folk indie ban, Pink and Noseworthy, is staying in my loft with my roommate, Yam, while she makes the transition from LA to New York.  Shanee gave me a copy of her new CD to listen to, so I decided to blog about it.  Pink and Noseworthy's sound is evocative [...]

On Saturday, I volunteered at Japan-A-Mania, a Japanese cultural festival at Big Brothers Big Sisters NY.  We played games, made onigiri (rice balls), watched a karate demonstration and dressed the participants up in kimono.  Take a look at the pictures here.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks to Luke from The Real Japan and Angelo from Angelo no pais das maravilhas for the forward.