I love tapas. You probably do too although you may not think of them as such. In Spain, these are little plates of food – a few bites – that traditionally have been eaten while you’re at a bar. In Italy, particularly in Venice, they’re called cicchetti – bite sized appetizers. Bar food. Go on, admit it. How often have you looked at a menu and ordered 3 or 4 appetizers while skipping an entrée? They’re the stuff of which great bar hopping experiences are made. Meals you eat in snack-able portions. We’ve become a culture of snackers, and it’s not just in food. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Television
Life Lines
I got a note last night from a reader who also happens to be my sister-in-law. She’s way more tuned in than am I to some areas of pop culture (I compensate by over-learning digital, I guess). I couldn’t tell you what’s happening on The View with a gun to my head – she’s actually gone to see them live. Anyway, she asked me a question that got me thinking. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Amuse Yourselves
Sorry about being away for 2 days – duty calls, kids – not that I don’t feel as if I have an obligation to you! In any event, as I was flying about I started to think about the differences between how entertainment used to work when we were kids and how it works now. It’s a lot more than the differences between lean back and lean forward. It’s changed not only the nature of how we consume things but what those things are. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Thinking Aloud
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