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Rum Tasting

Manny Santiago — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 19:40:08 +0000

I was asked to host a rum tasting for a customer’s birthday. At first I tried to convince them to taste whiskey, but they were pretty much set on rum. Fine, I like it all. But I had to educate myself on the island spirit. Ranging from light, dark, gold, flavored, spiced, and premium, Rum […]

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Some Great Albums of 2017

Manny Santiago — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 02:05:12 +0000

One of the few creative-ish things I still force myself to make time for is the radio show I have been doing for about 5 years, Beard Radio, on KUCB, the local public radio station on the tiny island I live on in Alaska. Every Friday night for the last 250 or so weeks (give or […]

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Bald Eagle in Slow Motion Takeoff

Manny Santiago — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:17:10 +0000

So ubiquitous is the Bald Eagle in Unalaska, they are referred to as pigeons. As they are generally non-harmful to humans their awesome stature can be taken for granted when these large raptors get up close and personal. Especially large females who are looking for food for their eaglets. Larger than my four-year and two-year-old […]

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The Nature of Wabi-Sabi I

Manny Santiago — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:16:25 +0000

“In the Perfected Mahayana – everything, every speck of dust even, can be seen as conditioned arising. Thus even in a hair there are innumerable golden lions.”- Tractate of the Golden Lion — Fazang My friend Tomohiro once asked me why I was living in Japan, “You not married, don’t have girlfriend, not getting paid […]

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Portuguese Food Road Trip

Arnaud De Grave — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:35:13 +0000

Portuguese Food Road Trip Days 3-4-5 – South of Lisbon, Portugal I sort of specialize in border crossing, even triple border point. One of the highlights of my career in border-crossing was between Hungary and Slovakia, in a rented car. Epic. The one on foot at the triple border point between Slovakia, Ukraine and Poland […]

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Spanish Food Road Trip – The Good The Bad The Ugly

Arnaud De Grave — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 09:01:27 +0000

Spanish Food Road Trip – The Good The Bad The Ugly Day 1-2 – Driving through Spain, not Portugal yet, so not the fastest way to get there, but still rushing, go figure…So the whole idea about the first part of the trip is to get to the south of Portugal as fast as possible. Then […]

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Iberian Road Trip Preamble

Arnaud De Grave — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:58:16 +0000

Above is the tentative itinerary now (after chatting with Tiffany and my ladyfriend), although I need to have The Mom’s take on it but the general direction is there. I’d like to maximize time in Portugal so i’ll probably rush the part in Spain or at least try to. Here is the general direction of […]

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Pillar Point – Marble Mouth

Manny Santiago — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:06:42 +0000

“Dove” immediately marches through your ears, into your brain, releasing that oh-so-coveted, smile-inducing, music-generated dopamine…calling on fond associations of some of the upbeat tracks Phoenix put out in years past. — The Music Ninja Pillar Point – Marble Mouth Scott Reitherman was planning to record the second Pillar Point album at home in Seattle, when […]

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California Dungeness Crab Bisque

Manny Santiago — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:53:14 +0000

When in Northern California, do as the Humboldtians do, go crabbing. Except when there is a harmful red tide going on. Then you don’t go crabbing. You go eating. But here’s what to do when you can go back in. Crab. Dungeness Crab. Metacarcinus magister. Named by the English Naval Captain George Vancouver after the […]

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Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon

Manny Santiago — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:10:56 +0000

Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon “Kaiyote” is not a word. It’s a made up word, but it kind of sounds like peyote and coyote – it’s a word that involved the listeners creativity as to how they perceive it. So it reminds you of things but it’s nothing specific. When I looked it up […]

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