In Manhattan this week for a few meetings, I got a chance to try a new place.

Pongal, at 110 Lexington Ave in midtown (map), is a vegetarian, kosher, Indian restaurant. (There are four or five kosher, vegetarian Indian restaurants in between 27th and 28th on Lexington).
The menu’s online - the Alu Gobi was [...]

There just has got to be a better way to get access to content from good UK-based music magazines!
Subscriptions to the “rest of the world” are incredibly expensive:

For Mojo and Q, that’s roughly $300 USD / yr, or $25/month. (In the UK, the same subscriptions would be about $150 USD, or $12.50/month.
Why can’t I get [...]

My wife and I had dinner the other night at the Organic Garden in Beverly (map).
It’s an all vegan, raw food restaurant, with a focus on organic ingredients - including organic wine and beer.

 Although all labels are odious, I’ve come to like the term “post-cabaret” as a way of referring to an interesting and diverse group of musicians, including:

Regina Spektor

Nellie McKay

Casey Dienel

Dresden Dolls

So last week I was in Manhattan for the day, and convinced my non-vegan colleague Brian to lunch with me at Angelica Kitchen in the East Village (300 E. 12th Street)

(Sorry for the glare in the photo - sunny day in NY even if quite cold).