Today’s Report – January 23rd

• GEL Conference: Videos. The GEL conference (“Good Experience Live”) is run by graphic and web design house Good Experience and focuses on good experiences of all types. For example, some recent speakers include the head of user experience at Google (Marissa Mayer) and the head of the Harlem Children’s Zone (Geoffrey Canada).
• Food & Wine: Pork-and-Ricotta Meatballs in Tomato Sauce.

“Sometimes, on Mondays, when servers at A16 are announcing the specials, you can almost feel the excitement at the table when the waiters say, ’And of course, since it’s Monday…we have meatballs,’” says Shelley. Nate occasionally uses ground lamb, beef or veal, but these tender golf ball-size pork meatballs, which he bakes in a hearty tomato sauce, are the restaurant’s classic version.