Monthly Archives: February 2022

A Registry of my Passage upon the Earth. Daniel Mason.

Mason, Daniel. A Registry of my Passage upon the Earth. Little, Brown, New York 2020. F; 2/22. This is a collection of short stories by a psychiatrist who also teaches writing at Stanford University. It was shortlisted for the Pulitzer … Continue reading

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Workshop Kitchen-Bar, Palm Springs.

February 2022 This restaurant was triangulated by three reliable recommendations as one of the best in town so we had to give it a try. It has a central location, unique ambience and service and is certainly creative. If we … Continue reading

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Madera, Menlo Park, California.

February 2022 (see also 2017 on a separate post, and April 2024 below) We’ve been to this lovely restaurant before, and typically I would just add a note to that visit, but this time it felt good enough that I … Continue reading

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4 Saints, Palm Springs.

January 2022 We are in this strange town due to a series of Covid-related and other travel screwups through which a full family celebration of my birthday on a beach in El Salvador gradually wizened into a short trip of … Continue reading

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