hello it’s 3:30 and i just got through enough admin to start the writing i was supposed to do all day today

Hi - There is space in my next Water Tasting Classes this coming Saturday and Tuesday in San Francisco. Come drink with me! www.eventbrite.com/e/water-tast...

Do you think the young people know that Queen Latifah had an early career in music?

I wrote about the closing of Hotaling’s distillery. Lots more info didn’t make it in. Let me see if I can get a gift link. www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

up late doing journalism

When you go to a friends house for takeout and they do not share the same feeling about food temperature

Every shape of potato chip has a unique optimal bowl

ok just a lil tequila, as a treat

soundcloud just played me a song with a guitar solo in it, fucking gross

someone should tell restaurants that a link to a reservations page is not a listing of hours of operation.

nice ice

You just don’t usually hear them articulate in public, out loud, the idea that as long as a few folks get rich it’s OK to rape children.

100 years ago today Duncan Nicol died. #piscopunch alcademics.com/100-years-ag...

There was a Kelce at Comstock

IMO Meta apps also support evil, so when it comes to Substack I more believe that if your newsletter is successful you should move it at that point; move if you can afford to.

The SF Chronicle’s Food & Wine reporter job was open for a long time and now filled with a familiar name. www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...

I don’t share this anecdote in the story but in my family the tradition is to put vinegar on a child’s thumb when you want them to stop thumbsucking, but I loved vinegar from the get-go so I developed early deepthroating skills instead. www.vinegarprofessor.com/blog/using-v...

Four Roses sold to Gallo www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bou...

A rotunda? In this economy?

I never thought about this before, but isn’t it mixed messaging that San Francisco of all places has an island prison right out front?

the “cool down” minute in public laundromat dryers should not be part of the 5 minute drying cycle but an extra minute afterward. thank you for listening.

today Feb 5 is Whiskey Galore Day, the day a ship full of whisky wrecked off the coast of a small Scottish island whose inhabitants ‘rescued’ the cargo alcademics.com/whisky-shipw...

The English Files would mostly be emails from me saying, “Just checking in to see if any of these pitches are of interest!”

most of my water tasting workshops are sold out (1 tix left on 2/14, 2/17) out so I added two more dates in late February 2/21 and 2/24: www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

the good ice

soon i will be free!

most of my water tasting workshops are sold out (1 tix left on 2/14, 2/17) out so I added two more dates in late February 2/21 and 2/24: www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

this is at least the 3rd time Tabasco has partnered with a spirit brand. I tried one of the first tequila ones and it was not ok www.foodandwine.com/absolut-tasb...

I wrote about the Champagne Cocktail and the Old Fashioned. www.foodandwine.com/champagne-co...

pitch: it’s Doogie Howser but instead of a doctor he’s a child prodigy civil rights lawyer. the title is Kid Pro Quo

Here I am talking about the former Barbary Coast in San Francisco, looking at the façades of venues that once lined Pacific Avenue.

if you don’t update your software, you run the risk of getting malware that will steal all your data. if you do update your software, we will change all your settings and steal your data until you turn it off

i just came up with a new term for white people who “don’t even see color" COLORBLONDE

melatonin is lsd for sleeping

Take a walk. alcademics.com/san-francisc...

Maybe he can reunite with the Svedka sexbot

“If you want to look for where the water was, look for the breweries,” says Chris Carlsson, a local writer and historian. missionlocal.org/2010/05/biki...

Nightingale Bar to Become Shotski's Alpine Lodge alcademics.com/nightingale-...

Next 3 water tasting classes are sold out! I added new dates in February - 14th Saturday and 17th Tuesday. www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

Next 3 water tasting classes are sold out! I added new dates in February - 14th Saturday and 17th Tuesday. www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

I just nearly bumped into somebody at the library and instead of saying excuse me or sorry I said scar me.

Take a walk with me tomorrow.

is the term ‘tarted up’ considered sexist? was about to use it then had second thoughts

Getting ready for my first water tasting class of 2026!

Zombie bugs talk, this Thursday at 4pm Pacific www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbyJ...

Just popped open one of these bad boys. Better than I remember! TDS 1300 from Australia, they call it “the olive oil of water.” www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

Come drink water with me, you might even get sent home with leftovers at the end of class! www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...

You don’t hear this very often, but Market Street is looking pretty tonight

103 Things to Drink in San Francisco, 1855 alcademics.com/103-things-t...

regretfully, this is my jam soundcloud.com/thehousecrew...