Cycled down to this Minnehaha Falls overlook to meet my friend for a walk, cuppa, and catch-up. Categories: Friends Read more

Hotel rooms in Japan typically provide prefilled coffee filters like these in sealed packets. Today, received empty filters from Amazon we'll use on future travels to hotels that don’t provide coffee in the room. We'll simply spoon in ground coffee before pouring the hot water. Categories: Travel Gear Read more

Converted our digital recipe box from Evernote to a folder of .docx recipe files in Google Drive. Evernote is changing ownership, with substantial layoffs, which makes me want to secure our recipes in a standard, open, Web-accessible format that is not dependent on a single company. Categories: IT, Cook Read more

Today is Sausage Saturday, a tradition that always includes ice cream. The big question is: which flavor goes better with rhubarb sauce, vanilla or caramel? I suspect the answer is: both. Yesterday, Dwight made the sauce from rhubarb he’d harvested from his sister's garden. Categories: Eat Read more

Cycled past art that will soon disappear from a trail beside the Mississippi. Categories: Arts, Cycle Read more

Problem: Working through a 14-hour time difference, and too lazy/tired to cook dinner. Solution: Walk across Washington Avenue to Maxwell's. Categories: Eat, Our Neighborhood Read more

The last time I saw my oncologist, he had a Japanese medical student in tow. Naturally, the conversation turned to Japanese Kit Kats. Today, I presented my oncologist and the study coordinator with this box of Japanese matcha Kit Kats, proving that I wasn't kidding. Categories: Cancer Read more