Foodstuffs
I 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 popularized 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." While this is true, where else would I willingly live?
What is in 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?
In adulthood I have developed an allergy to this class of food, making omakase a breath-taking experience.
What are finned fish?
This California Author is no Slouch, though her most famous work of literary non-fiction about the Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s might lead one to think otherwise. She taught me how to construct a sentence.
Who is Didion?
I’ve taken a shining to this specific shade of rum, which turns into a hotel nightmare if you read it backward.
What is red?
Call me crazy for blasting the music of this fair-haired new-wave band whilst struggling to fit into parking spaces in the Salk North parking lot.
What is Blondie?
If I see balloon dog or bedazzled pink panther from this artist break another record on the art market, I will self-immolate.
Who is Koons?
This "frizzy" endive is my favorite base for a salad.
What is frisee?
"Maybe you will fall in love with [this celebrated American author] all over again." His second major novel, with a title that sounds like bad news to any biped, ends 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?
I quoted this writer, one of the greatest of all time, at the beginning of this presentation. After all "quotation is a perfectly acceptable substitute for wit."
Who is Oscar Wilde?
My gradparents owned a home by this famed American architect, who designed falling water (and may have simultaneously fallen off his perch).
Who is Wright?
For special occasions, I buy my produce 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 reminds me of home. Its film adaptation, staring Robert Downey Jr., received generally negative reviews consistent with the novel's name.
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
Known for their "breaks," tulips make still lifes from this place among the few pre 19th century works of art worthwhile to seek out in a museum, in my opinion.
What is the Netherlands?
Want to take me out to lunch? I will never say no to a meal at this small Bib Gourmand restaurant in Leucadia. Its name consists of 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?
I have worn three colors of socks while working at the salk: white, lipstick red, and this color, which I have worn exclusively with black pants.
What is baby blue?
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 is best known for placing stickers over people's faces and has a work installed at the entrance of the UCSD library, is my favorite from the area.
Who is Baldessari?