Clue #12: Catching Up with Bonjwing

On February 5, 2008, the Ulterior Epicure apologized for his silence on the blog and said, "I recently completed an eating tour of Minneapolis. I shall report very soon."

One week before that, on The Adventures of Agustin, Tara & Emilia, Tara wrote:

"Okay, most of you probably won’t be interested in this post, but I thought many of my old Northwestern friends would like to see this picture. My college friend Bonjwing was in town last week and we were able to get together for coffee and catch up, which was really nice, particularly because we hadn’t seen each other in about eight years. He’s a lawyer in his Midwestern home town (to remain nameless because I like to try to maintain people’s anonymity somewhat on this site—why you never see family names—and I know there probably aren’t a plethora of Bonjwings where he comes from) and his stories made me glad I didn’t go that route myself (I considered going into international law; took the entrance exams and everything). If anyone from college is reading this and wants to catch up with him, post a comment and I’ll send you his contact info. Oh, and he’s single and looking, so if anyone’s interested in a serious but funny, well-cultured Republican (but one even a liberal can discuss politics with civilly) boy….."

Clue #8: The Ulterior Epicure Goes to Washington

The Ulterior Epicure's restaurant log shows a high level of activity at relatively affordable restaurants in Washington, D.C., in the late '90s and early '00s.

During the same time periods that the Ulterior Epicure was eating cheaply in D.C., Bonjwing Lee worked in Washington as an intern and legislative aid to Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. Frugality would be a necessity for anyone living on the staffer salary Bonjwing Lee earned.