The novelty of iDly's offering is curious when you consider that we live in a world where our professional, personal and financial identities are comfortably stored on our smartphones.
In "A Passion for Drawings," a show of 10 works on paper, donated by Charles Ryskamp, a former Frick director who created the Cabinet during his tenure in the late 1980s and '90s, functions almost like a wunderkammer, offering a curious window into nature, history and politics.
The courses are another new offering for Curious.
The most curious offering was a scene from Act III of Verdi's "Otello," the emotionally fraught and musically complex confrontation between the Moor and his unfairly accused wife, Desdemona.
The menu has a New England theme, with clam bakes and lobster grilled cheese rolls, along with more curious offerings like a pulled BBQ marlin sandwich and a crab fry appetizer — French fries tossed in Old Bay seasoning, with lump crab meat, crab gravy and cheese curds.
It caters to the area, serving up lattes to well-dressed executives; and it's a rabbit hole for the coffee-curious, offering an impressive selection of coffees brewed one cup at a time on a drip cone, a syphon or any of a number of tricked-out toys.
"While there are gaps in his policy platform and some curious offerings along the way, it is clear that an Abbott government has a clear philosophical framework," The Australian, a Murdoch paper, observed in endorsing the Liberal.
There were nasty incidents involving Obama's campaign workers in Indiana, and some white fool -- it's no surprise, I hope, that there are plenty around -- called Mike Norman at Mulligan's Bar in Marietta GA is offering T-shirts depicting Curious George eating a banana with the caption "Obama '08".
Do Hwa is the latest in a new breed of Korean restaurants that seek to make their offerings more understandable to curious Americans.
Then there's a curious mutual fund offering called the CRA Qualified Investment Fund. (You'll want to look for the one that trades under the symbol CRATX).
