There is no reason to document a meal at Rusan’s. It’s as pedestrian as you can get when it comes to sushi.There’s no point taking this picture of the exterior:Or this of the table showcase when you enter:Or this of the noisy sushi bar where the sushi chefs yelled indecipherably upon our entrance: “HEY!!! OHHH!!!…

My mother frets over dinner plans like politicos fret over war. “Did I strategize well enough? Am I going to regret my decision? Should I request a table near the window?”My mother’s friends suffer at the mercy of her spasmodic whim. “Well maybe we SHOULDN’T go to X,” she’ll say, after three weeks of discussing…

You will encounter two emblematic Atlanta images on your way into The Vortex.Naturally, you’ll encounter the skull. The Vortex is located inside the skull. Its visage informs the area around it: the punky, funky Little Five Points.But first, you’ll encounter The Cockmaster.Can you make him out? I shot this out of my back window, just…

And now, fashionistas, our next item on the runway; the gorgeous white Hanes cupcake shirt made famous by none other than the model himself, The Amateur Gourmet:Notice the elegance, the sophisticated charm. And now notice the back:Perfect for summer, winter and everything in between. A glorious fusion of fabric, funny and genius. Available now in…

[Some of you may remember that several weeks ago I was admitted to the Tisch School of Dramatic Writing at NYU. I neglected to tell you that I had an application still pending at Juilliard because the odds of me getting in there are ridiculously insurmountable: they admit two people each year (who get to…

Check out these chocolate covered bugs:Saw them at the Junkman’s Daughter (a funky store in Little Five Points) and, after reading the ingredients, I can tell you that they are indeed bugs: crickets (or other insect).Did I buy them? Did I eat them? I won’t lie. No, I didn’t. My journalistic ambition only goes so…

What’s with this book?Who thought of this? Is this a joke? “Wine for WOMEN”? That makes as much sense to me as “Spinach for Dwarves” or “Tofu for Jesuits.”It’s amazing to me not only that this book was made but that it will sell. There are women out there that will see this book and…

Check out this audio slide show on sushi at the New York Times.

My friend M made an interesting statement tonight.”I have a theory about you and your website,” he said.”Oh?” I responded.”Ya,” he continued.”Well what is it?” I pressed.”I think,” he said, “that you don’t really care that much about food. That you just like writing about it, but that you don’t really care about it.”*************************************To properly…

Call me a hypocrite. Actually don’t. In my last ice cream post, I declared that the ice cream at Bruster’s was “creamier” and “fresher” than Jake’s. However, I concluded: “I still prefer the quirky flavors at Jake’s….”And tonight Lauren and I dined at the Flying Biscuit, where we saw an Ice Cream truck:Do you remember…