the most DANGEROUS drugs

Economist – A new study suggests alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack

dangerous drugs

related – Influential and successful marijuana users

I’m thinking of quitting. Alcohol, that is.

why you should be a vegetarian

This is horrific. Watch at risk of your sanity.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/57126054

It’s a clip from the phenomenal documentary Samsara, directed by Ron Fricke, who also made Baraka.

Real Farmacy

Tony Roma’s one more time

My brother Randy has been a life long fan of Tony Roma’s ribs.

Yet he hadn’t been there in a couple of years. Seems he’s no longer a loyal customer. Our traditional dinners there might be ending.

We enjoyed one more dinner there last week. 🙂

McCharles Tony Roma

more Port Townsend photos

This is the last of them. 🙂

Diana training for her upcoming 50 miler
Diana training for her upcoming 50 miler

I’ve seen a LOT of wild animals in my day. But very few raccoons.

Racoons

That’s the family that tried to take up residence in Carrie’s treehouse.

flowers

berries

Nice place to retire …

more random Port Townsend, Washington photos

Jeni likes nearby Sequim as a retirement town. She grew up there.

Sequim lies within the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains and receives on average less than 16 inches (410 mm) of rain per year—about the same as Los Angeles, California—and has given itself the nickname of Sunny Sequim. …

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown is an American travel and food show on CNN which premiered on April 14, 2013.

episode 8 – “Congo

Tony visits Congo, the setting of one of his favorite books, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and the basis for one of his favorite movies, the classic Apocalypse Now.

Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.

The Soul Spot, Brooklyn, NY

We wandered dark streets from the Brooklyn Bridge, looking for the greatest local restaurant in greater New York.

And found it. 🙂

Bare-bones and fluorescent-lit, this place looks like a hundred other storefront steam-table soul-food joints. But something extraordinary must be going on back in the kitchen.

“Supersavory” chicken and dumplings tread a delicious murky brown gravy.
… Nicely seasoned collards actually show signs of life—a refreshing departure from the norm—while sweet, juicy yams pack a cinnamon-sugar punch. …

NY Magazine review

Soul Spot

Ron Kate Soul

Rockin’ agrees.

Urban Spoon – The Soul Spot 94%

Yelp – The Soul Spot