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Sunday, January 11, 2015

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  • Lucid Air Grand Touring: Beautiful but cheap interior
  • Peugeot 206: Different and tiny
  • BMW M550i xDrive: FAST
  • Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrofoglio: Soulful monster
  • Kia Sportage: Lousy seats, poor mileage.
  • Jeep TJ: Primitive!
  • Alfa Romeo Giulia: Meh
  • Lotus Evora GT: Spacious!
  • Honda Odyssey: Low riding, in a good way
  • Toyota Sienna: Heavy

Great Movies/Shows I've Recently Watched

  • TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
  • Peewee Herman at the Roxy
  • Barbie
  • The Bear, S2
  • You Hurt My Feelings
  • Uncle Buck
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  • Vertigo
  • Rear Window
  • North by Northwest

What I am reading

  • Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge

What I just read

  • Sinostan: Poorly edited.
  • The Old Man and the Sea
  • Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway: Fun and beautifully drawn.
  • Havana: A Subtropical Delirium: Easy primer on Cuba.
  • The Last Disco in Outer Mongolia: Good glimpse into post-Communism Mongolia.
  • See You Again In Pyongyang: Highly recommend!
  • Why the Dutch Are Different: Fun primer.
  • Vagabonds: Henry Ford was a weirdo antisemite.
  • The Amur River: Thubron's final hurrah.
  • Complete Far Side, Vol. 3: Downhill.

My Last Great Meals

  • Pagan (SF)
  • Noyo Fish Company (Ft Bragg)
  • Slack Tide Cafe (Ft Bragg)
  • Sea Pal Cove (Ft Bragg)
  • Sue's Angels Creek Cafe (Angel's Camp)
  • Lo Coco's (Berkeley)
  • Leo's Cafe (San Miguel)
  • Mom Wong Kitchen (Camarillo)
  • Taqueria Hidalgo (Chualar)
  • Phil's Fish Market (Castroville)

Cool bars I recently visited

  • Aloha Club (Oakland)
  • La Rivière Impériale (Cayenne)
  • Guadeloupe airport bar
  • Lidia's (Kansas City)
  • Oyster Society (Marco Island)
  • Mersea's (Avila Beach)
  • Brix (Flagstaff)
  • Wingtip (SF)
  • 7 Mile House (Brisbane)
  • Gyppo Ale Mill (Shelter Cove)

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