This picture — of a good friend and his infant son — suggests humans fear heights from a very early age. After all, Bill and his one-year-old are on a balcony 14 stories above Michigan Ave. in Chicago. So do infants … Continue reading
How tell you’re in Phoenix
The heat is one significant indication. So are the thousands of people who jam area baseball fields during spring training. And, I suppose, pistol-packing denizens also suggest that you’re at least in Arizona. But really nothing says the American Southwest … Continue reading
A look at Polish cities
If you look at the pictures I took with my iPhone in Warsaw, Poznan and Krakow and then looked at my wife’s, you’d be forgiven for thinking we took separate vacations. She takes beautiful images of buildings and scenery while … Continue reading
I’ll take the compliment
Comsumerist.com’s Chris Morran discovered my article about writing an online review and kindly shared it with his audience, saying, ” . . . former restaurant critic David Farkas provides a very useful list of suggestions for how restaurant diners can … Continue reading
Writing restaurant criticism
I’m no longer a restaurant critic, alas. Come to think of it, that might make some chefs and operators happy. I wasn’t a cruel reviewer, however; I was (or tried to be) an informed one. Which meant making sure that … Continue reading
