The chicken lombardy was so well received that i decided to post the crunchy chicken i posted last week. ritz crackers + chicken is delicious!

4 breasts of chicken
2 C. Ritz cracker crumbs
3/4 C Parmesan cheese
1/4 C Parsley chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 C melted butter
Preheat oven 350. Blend together cracker crumbs, parmesan, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. Dip chicken in butter and then in Ritz cracker crumb mixture. Arrange in shallow pan or casserole dish. Pour remaining butter and bake 1 hour. Do not turn chicken.

On January 23, I mailed my passport application to the State department. This afternoon, I received my passport. It’s completely nuts! Apart from having the dastardly rfid chip in it, it’s got lots of fun-ness!

page 1-2: pictures of revolutionaries, a quote from the national anthem, a quote from Abe Lincoln, and some legal mumbo jumbo

page 4: bald eagle, the flag, and the opening of the Constitution

visa pages have various scenes from america, including national monuments

zoomed-in: each visa page has an inspirational quote, this one from JFK

last page: space, the next frontier! along with warnings against f’ing with the rfid chip, and a reminder that i’m required to pay us taxes if i work abroad.

This photo gallery was taken by a bartender, Igarashi Rogerio Vaz, who tends at Tram, a fantastic bar in Tokyo, where they roll delicious cigarettes, serve black absinthe, and play Tom Waits.

For those of you who don’t know, around this time of the year, New york city beams twin towers of light where the world trade center towers used to stand. i took a couple shots tonite from my roof in brooklyn.

[that's an airplane next to the right one]

and here’s one i took of the moon, which turned out to look more like the sun…

loretta lynn – little red shoes

made some hdr’s tonite from some photos i took in japan. let me know how you like ‘em!

view the whole set on flickr, or read up on hdr on wikipedia

i went to japan! here are my pictures

one of my favorite photographs i’ve taken.. this was from clint zeigler’s show at grady sometime last year.

Yum. this recipe came from the mother of my best childhood friend..