Foodstuffs
I have been known to call this pasta shape "the devils work" because it combines the worst qualities of rice with the worst qualities of pasta and fails to deliver the benefits of either.
What is orzo?
I have read the entire oeuvre of this author who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood, and Answered Prayers.
Who is Capote?
This is both a color and a style of pottery invented in Han Dynasty China, both of which I adore.
What is celadon?
I have before said that "If I do not die in La Jolla, something in my life went terribly wrong." If I want to die in La Jolla, I would want to live in these places (multiple answers acceptable).
What is the moment?
What is SF?
What is NY?
I go to law school in a building designed by this architect, better known for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the womb chair, and the tulip table.
Who is Saarinen?
I dislike this vegetable, which is often served in salads with goat cheese, is often a vibrant magenta color, though not exclusively.
What are beets?
This California Author who captured the mood of the time in her sparse non-fiction prose of Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album changed the tempo of my writing.
Who is Didion?
Yves Klien, the French artist, is best known for his use of this color.
What is blue?
I often blast this 80s band, whose members have Heart[s] of Glass, when parking in the tiny spaces in the Salk North parking lot.
What is Blondie?
I despise this American artist's work, from sculptures of balloon dogs to bedazzled pink panthers, though it undoubtedly says something about the absurdity of the art market.
Who is Koons?
This "frizzy" endive is my favorite base for a salad.
What is frisee?
This celebrated American author, whom I adore, ends his first novel at a hotel in Switzerland, where I spent the first half of my summer.
Who is Hemingway?
I find this color repulsive, though it is useful as a subtractive primary color in printers (the C in the CMY).
What is cyan?
She is my favorite SCOTUS justice, was once a professor at UChicago law, often quotes children's books in her opinions, and is the best writer on the Court.
Who is Kagan?
My grandparents owned the Bogk house, designed by this architect, who is perhaps the most famous in American history.
Who is Wright?
My favorite grocery shopping in San Diego is done at this grocery store/warehouse right by the San Diego Airport.
What is Specialty Produce?
This classic 1980s novel about a college student coming home to a spiritually empty, nihilistic, yet glamorous LA, whose film adaptation, staring Robert Downey Jr., received generally negative reviews consistent with the novel's name, reminds me of home.
What is Less than Zero?
I hate this, but not the Steven Spielberg Movie movie of the same name staring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.
What is the color purple?
I have a familial connection to Camille Grammer, former wife of Kelsey Grammer, and former star of what Bravo Reality TV Show.
What is the RHOBH
17th century still lifes from this place, with their incredible detail and vibrant colors, remain some of the few representation works that I will seek out on a trip to a museum.
What is the Netherlands?
The best food in North County is served at this small Bib Gourmand restaurant in Leucadia. Its name is two words, the first being French for workshop and the second being a Biblical food.
What is Atelier Manna?
This French novel by Jean Genet about a criminal sailor and his twin is my favorite of all time and was adapted for the silver screen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1983.
What is Querelle?
The tie I wore on my first day here, and in my ID photo, is this color.
What is khaki?
When I speak, I often do this to proper nouns for comedic effect though it is grammatically incorrect. Think about every time you have heard me talk about "Whole Foods."
What is drop the "s." (I say Whole Food)
This San Diego conceptual artist who died in 2020, who has a work installed at the entrance of the UCSD library, is my favorite from the area.
Who is Baldessari?