thoughts of food

H-Mart stays winning.

“Kwon’s go-to market strategy was straightforward: sell Asian goods (rice cookers, aluminum-lined ramen pots, meats, seafood, vegetables) in neighbourhoods that didn’t sell them. In the first 15 years, H-Mart followed that formula to open five stores across New York and […]

to your health

Cali sober: a world without alcohol.

“The term Cali Sober can be traced back to a 2019 Vice article, by a writer who quit all drugs except marijuana and certain psychedelics when she moved from New York to California.” ~ learn more

to your health

Cali sober: a world without alcohol.

“The term Cali Sober can be traced back to a 2019 Vice article, by a writer who quit all drugs except marijuana and certain psychedelics when she moved from New York to California.” ~ learn more

to your health

Cali sober: a world without alcohol.

“The term Cali Sober can be traced back to a 2019 Vice article, by a writer who quit all drugs except marijuana and certain psychedelics when she moved from New York to California.” ~ learn more

retail therapy

The people lending money to your local pot dealer.

“A New York lawmaker called for the state to sever its relationship with a Chicago-based private equity firm helping to fund weed dispensaries run by people impacted by the war on drugs following a report from THE CITY revealing alarming […]

fun facts

The absurd problem of New York City trash.

From this article I learned that the reason NYC doesn’t have alleys is because the architects responsible for the grid system were preoccupied with another project — the Erie Canal. Lots more detailed discussion about the gross garbage problem of […]

under the microscope

Top entrepreneurial bio labs in the US.

“I have identified 160+ translational labs that already have started or might likely start a company based on their research. These bio labs are in the top clusters (Bay Area, San Diego, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and newly New Jersey […]

fun facts

Why are so many writers in Brooklyn, and is it a problem?

“The problem isn’t that writing generates status, but rather that this status is grossly out of proportion to the wages they are earning in the market. Amongst other problems, this selects for people who value status over wages (often because […]