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Bill Easterly (and colleagues) have just started a very promising blog, Aid Watch.
Category: economics
Econlinks
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A month-old, well done portrait of Ben Bernanke in the NewYorker, on the background of the financial crisis, in both white and black shades, and…in light-tan socks :-).
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Intercontinental flights are also occasions to watch on-the-watch!-list
Leaving Frisco in style
… with an absolutely delicious dinner at Michael Mina’s restaurant in San Francisco (Mina wikilink), located just in the lobby of the Westin St. Francis hotel, Union Square.
My 3-menu choice (with accompanying yummy pictures that I couldn’t help taking; the light was rather dim however; hence, ultimately, the photo quality is not what it could have been…):
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Dungeness Crab ~ Local and Seasonal
• Endive, Poached Claw, Aïoli
• Butter Roasted, Whole Leg, Espelette
• Cioppino, Backfin Meat, Tinkerbell Peppers.
Recession-proof lunching in Sausalito
Some cafes and restaurants around the San Francisco Bay area are quite innovative in terms of marketing, adapting swiftly to any new trends.Although in the end I opted for an old-fashioned “Sausalito burger”, rather than their en vogue “Recession proof” lunch.
→ Read more Happy New Year
From San Francisco.
My whereabouts at the beginning of the year will be at the ASSA ’09, presenting a paper on the 5th of Jan.
But plenty of wine before that, continuing from the Napa Valley wine tasting yesterday :-).
→ Read more But plenty of wine before that, continuing from the Napa Valley wine tasting yesterday :-).