Panoply

When I went down to SoCal a couple of weekends ago, our first evening there I found this fantastic restaurant, the Native Foods Café.  One look at their menu and I was excited.  When I got to the counter, the first words out of my mouth were, “What would it take to have you guys open a location in the Bay Area?”  They are, alas, heading to San Diego first, but their food was extra tasty.  And they have the BEST chai I have ever had, bar none.  Just the most perfect balance of tea, spices and sweetness.  My second question to them was “Could you please run a pipeline north full of your chai?”  It wasn’t as serious a question as my first… I ate their twice during my stay down south and it was great both times.  Highly recommended!

A friend linked me this article today and I really like what it espouses and what it scratches the surface of.  It really begins to look at what’s often missed, and what is actually the key, and that is the base assumptions and the base conditions in which everything is arising.  We all know the quote “Plus que ca change, plus que ca reste le meme,”  (The more things change, the more they stay the same) and, well, here’s an indication what’s up with that.  Alter the context, and suddenly what’s available and what can be done opens up, and new openings for action are suddenly available.

Shameless self-plug:  Aurora:  The Silhouette Magazine issue number 2.6 is now available!  Catch it here.

And to close this off… The American AKIRA.  A great parody and semi-biting illustration.  Bookies will enjoy this one (be sure to check out parts one and two, linked at the top of the article).

For those in temperate areas, are the days nice and crisp yet?  Mmmmm…