Published inLea’s Pensieve·Dec 15, 2021Thoughts on “the worst Michelin starred restaurant ever” by someone who actually likes tasting menusAt this point four different people have sent me this (quite hilariously written) article, which is making the rounds lately: Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever There is something to be said about a truly disastrous meal, a meal forever indelible in your memory because it's so…everywhereist.com I’ve finally decided to write my thoughts about it so I can point people here instead of retyping the same response over and over.Food7 min readFood7 min read
Nov 11, 2019Minimalist parenting: How to travel with a newborn without needing a truckOur baby daughter Zoe (named after the Greek word for “life”) was born on July 12th this year, and almost immediately we were bombarded with well-meaning but gloomy advice. No more restaurants for you two, then. You will be needing all these things. Basically, we should expect our lives to…Parenting9 min readParenting9 min read
Published inLea’s Pensieve·Mar 11, 2017Your subconscious, that monsterThe inability of people to understand how much their subconscious influences their behavior never ceases to baffle me. Sure, they accept the idea of a subconscious in the abstract, but they will never admit that a certain behavior of theirs might have been influenced by it. I suspect the lack…Feminism7 min readFeminism7 min read
