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Hiatus Anniversary

Posted on December 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

Well, it’s been a year. I can’t believe it.

No excuses this time — honestly, I’m finding it more and more difficult to actually sit down and write. Sure, I’ve had plenty of food-related experiences. A year’s worth. But I just can’t sit in front of another screen for hours, sharing those experiences with the world.

Especially because everybody and their mother is food blogging nowadays. Is it lazy of me to stop, or noble? Since I’m contributing less noise to an already cacophonous (SAT word!) digital world, I’ll say noble.

Anyway, I may show up now and again to put something up. But for now, you can count this as me signing off. It’s been fun…and filling.

Adios!

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Blogging Fail

Posted on August 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

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In which I apologize for a distinct lack of posting and explain why that is.

  1. Work has been a madhouse.
  2. I went on vacation.
  3. I moved.
  4. I moved.
  5. I moved.

The good news? I moved to New York City. Or maybe that’s a bad thing, considering how many food bloggers are already here and doing a damn better job than me.

Anyway, I hope to be getting this blog back into fighting shape by September, so please stay tuned!

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It’s a Twitter world, I’m just eating in it

Posted on April 1, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Yes, I gave in to the tsunami that is Twitter.

You can follow all the ins and outs at www.twitter.com/eatwrite or just head to the nifty new Twitter widget on my sidebar.

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Back from the brink

Posted on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
"The bean" in Chicago's Millenium Park

"The bean" in Chicago's Millenium Park

Wow, what a strange trip it’s been.

A metaphorical trip that is. This month-long hiatus joins the great hiatuses in history – none of which I can actually name – but it is one I hope not to repeat anytime soon. Just for your clarification, here’s a few reasons I haven’t posted in a while:

  1. That comic. January was all about promotion for We Make Clouds, but in the end, it wasn’t enough. We placed second, which would normally be pretty good, but in this contest, is the same as placing third through tenth. If you voted, thanks. I’ll let you know if and when we start our own site.
  2. Family/personal stuff. ‘Nuff said.
  3. Work. My job has been insane lately, affording me precious little time for outside pursuits. I did manage to get a trip to Chicago out of it, so it’s not all bad. Plus, I have a job… and in this economy, I can’t complain about that.

Well, that’s it. I have a few things to share with your from Chicago, as well as some archived items that I never got to – a scallop dish, chocolate mousse and some general food news.

So, if you’re still around, stay tuned! And if you’re not here anymore… uh, come back!

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming…

Posted on January 7, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Hey, everybody. I know you’re wondering why my food-related output has been so scattershot lately.

Well, there are a number of reasons, but none I’m more proud of than my first web comic. It’s called We Make Clouds and it is currently competing in the monthly American Idol style contest on Zuda Comics.

I know a lot of you could care less about this stuff, but I would be eternally grateful if any of you (and your friends, family members, acquaintances, etc.) could sign up on Zuda and VOTE for my comic. It’s a fairly simple process and it would mean a lot to this food guy.

I promise, I am NOT abandoning Man Eat Food. But a lot of my energy this month will be going toward turning out the vote for my other baby, so please bear with me.

Thanks in advance for your support and understanding. Vote away!

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Hiatus

Posted on November 4, 2008 | Leave a comment

It takes a bold blogger to tell you he’s on hiatus in the middle of that hiatus. That’s procrastination we can believe in.

Truth is, things have been way too busy this past week and don’t look to be letting up anytime soon. Just thought you’d like to know.

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The New (and Final) Philly 15

Posted on July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally updated the list of my favorite Philadelphia restaurants.

Since I’m bad at decisions and love alliteration, ten has become fifteen. And why “final?” Well, that’s another story entirely.

The short version is that I’ve moved out of Philadelphia. Maybe I’ll get to the long version eventually, but for now, I will be bringing you the latest food news, restaurant reviews and random opinions from beautiful northern New Jersey.

I still have a few more Philly stories to push out before I switch over completely. I hope you enjoy the new list and these last Philly posts as much as I loved living and eating in the City of Brotherly Love.

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I’m back

Posted on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

I was all ready to write this post a week ago, but then my wife graduated vet school, my computer went bust, and projects piled up at work. My sincerest apologies for the two week absence of your Man Eat Food fix.

Anyway, I have a huuuuuuuuuuge back list of stuff I need to get to, including a whopping FIVE restaurant reviews and assorted other goodies.

For now, I’m going to run down a few neat things from the Florida Keys. They are not all food related, but they’re fun. Or, they were fun to me when I was down there.

Bahia Honda Beach

The Keys are not known for their beaches, but this one, where I took a picture of the “broken” bridge, is known as one of the best. In fact, it was recognized as the “Best Beach in America” at some point in the 90s. The water was a steady 80 degrees and always that perfect aquamarine color.

Crane Point Museum and Nature Center

It was scorching when we walked around this nature preserve, which included a small museum and bird sanctuary. The hut at right was built by the land’s original occupant who used to collect natural sea sponges and sell them at the market in Key West. I’m not sure how he survived the summers without air conditioning.

Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory

Probably one of the coolest places we visited. It’s literally a butterfly “factory” housed in a small greenhouse. Thanks to the abundance of the colorful butterflies, birds, and fish, it feels like you’ve just entered Narnia, or some other enchanted land.

Hemingway House

Most people come here for the literary history, but we were all about the cats. An inbred deformity cause them have more toes than usual (as you can see by the slumbering cat at right). These “polydactyls” are quite funny looking, but completely harmless. There are dozens of them running free over the property and even a graveyard for former feline tenants.

Sunset Celebration

There are fire eaters, human statues, and all manner of other performers leading up to the spectacular sunset on Key West. This family of English contortionists were probably the most crowd pleasing of the acts.

And I’ll leave you with the most ridiculous sight from our vacation: overfed tarpon gathering at the docks like pigeons around stale bread.

Fat fish: only in America.

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VACATION!

Posted on May 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

For the first time in two years, I’m going on vacation. Thus, no updates for the week of May 10 – 16.

If you know any good places to visit in the Florida Keys, drop me a line: foodood at gmail dot com.

See you next week!

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Excuses, Explanations and Updates

Posted on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

That’s not true; it’s really just a pile of excuses.

But rather than bore you with those, check out some of the stuff I’ve been up to while not writing about food:

The New York Comic Con

Yes, I have been known to let my geek flag fly on occasion (or many occasions), but I’ve never done the whole costume thing like the above collection of Batman misfits. Ever notice that no matter how good the costumes are, there’s always something off? Mr. Freeze is fairly imaginative – hockey gear and all – but the Penguin (and I can’t believe I’m saying this about a convention attendee) is too tall and not nearly pudgy enough.

For the Least Believable Character/Body Type Combo award, it’s a tie between him and the 5′ 2″ skinny dude I saw slathered up in green body paint as the Incredible Hulk. How about tackling characters more your respective sizes, guys?

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

I hadn’t been to the circus in a good twenty years, but we scored free tickets thanks to my wife’s chance encounter with a sick tiger at vet school. How’s that for a perk?

The big-top event was naturally geared toward kids, but there were a few huh?-inducing adult moments. First, for one routine, the house band did an instrumental version of “Smack My Bitch Up” by The Prodigy. Now, I’m sure the kids didn’t get the reference (and the title was never mentioned), but everyone in my generation looked at each other and cringed at the subtle inappropriateness of the song selection.

Even wackier were some of the costumes and moves perpetrated by the circus “dancers.” At one point, there were a dozen of these cheerleader-like ladies, clad in black leather, fishnet stockings, and handle bars jutting out from their hips (you read that right), gyrating to the music.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The kids may have been focused on the ringmaster/clown war in the middle of the arena, but the adults were treated to red-light-district-worthy strip show in the shadows. Kinda creepy.

The Future

One of life’s so-called transitional periods has heavily intruded on my blogging schedule recently and will keep posts at a minimum for the next month or so.

In the meantime, feel free to offer guesses on how I received this oh-so-painful blister on my finger.

I’ll give you a hint: it happened in the kitchen.

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