Author: sjwillis

  • Mahi Mahi with Roasted Corn, Avocado and Mango salsa.

    This sounds like a crazy-difficult recipe but it is really just an on-the-fly dish i put together last night that is the result of some sweet concurrent sales going on at Whole Foods and Foodtown right now and doesn’t take more than 20 minutes to make. This was really, really good and I’m just making…

  • To buy organic or not?

    Ever wonder which fruits and vegetables are definitely worth buying organic and which you could get by with conventional? Here’s a handy guide you can download from the Environmental Working Group.

  • Summer Things To Do Cheatsheet

    Hey, if you live in Red Bank and have kids, print this out and put it on your fridge.

  • Just got turned on to Sarah Jarosz. This track sounds especially like a Nick Drake song for some reason. Her song writing, both lyrics and composition are really something. 

  • Citarella’s Market, a set on Flickr. Additional photos from the Citarella’s Market piece on redbankgreen.com.

  • Why We Should Memorize Poetry : The New Yorker

    Why We Should Memorize Poetry : The New Yorker April is National Poetry Month, so this is worth a re-post.

  • “Give this all the stars you can” – Miles blindfold listening

    I came across some excerpts from Downbeat’s Blindfold Listening sessions with Miles Davis the other day. The gist of the blindfold listening session is that a musician listens to several cuts from different albums and comments on them without the benefit of knowing who they’re listening to or which recording they’re hearing.  The listener in me appreciates…

  • Looks like David Byrne and St. Vincent will be at the Count Basie this summer. You can get tix here.  (Source: http://www.npr.org/)

  • Posterous, you suck ass.

    I haven’t posted a whole lot of stuff to the internets over the past few years but a few of the posts I put up were massively popular. Oddball stuff generated a crazy amount of visitors like: how to setup a Columbia Cougar Flats tent or how to lock down the iPad for kids to…

  • The lazy dad’s guide to iDevice setup for kids

    My kids are under 12. I don’t want to spend all day hovering over their shoulders as they use their new iPads.  I don’t make any guarantees that this will keep your kids out of trouble online. Here’s what I’ve done. I’ll update this as necessary: Step 1.) Setup OpenDNS Keep your kids off of websites…