There are strict manners regarding the eating of rice in Japan (along with other places). Here is a starter course on learning the correct table manners, and even better – it is partially in Engrish. The worst thing and you should never do is stab your chop sticks on the top of rice like this. […]
The Madison Avenue of 1960′s ad agencies is just a hop and a skip from Fifth Avenue and 56th Street. I’d suspect that when Don took clients out to lunch that Miyako might have been one of the places he’d frequent. Sukiyaki! How exotic a thing in the early 1960′s! Dining with clients from out […]
The back of the card above is printed with the words ‘Harvest Time in the South Land’ Reverse this card and more information is provided. ‘Highway 58 is the best road up Lookout Mountain to Rock City. You don’t need a guide.’ No of course I don’t. I do want to go to Rock City! […]
It appears that the Lobster Provider is dreaming of cold cherries and snow. Perhaps he should drink a bit more of that champagne he is determined to offer Miss Muffet! I have to wonder where, or who, the spider is – and what variety of web is being woven . . . This postcard bears […]
Korea in the rice fields . . . Havana, Cuba at the Tropicana . . . Waterloo, Belgium at the Belle-Alliance Cafe-Restaurant. How many days would you stay at each? What would you dine upon?
