THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #123
LOVE: Martinis: I don’t often get the chance to partake of a good martini…or three. I never order them. Don’t rightly know why since I adore them whenever I do. I […]
Category Archives: food
Dystopian Voyage Home
There’s nothing quite so depressing as the final walk from your hotel or apartment to the Métro as you make your way to the airport. You realize all that you […]
Like A Contessa
I have put off writing this post for nearly two months because I don’t want to do it. It’s not even procrastination this time, even though that curse plagues every […]
Why Don’t You? #80
Monday: Why don’t you host another dinner party, since you can’t possibly invite all of your dream guests to one and hope to have good conversational flow? Invite five more! […]
Why Don’t You? #78
Monday: Why don’t you convince yourself that you desperately need that Apple Watch and then go out and get it? I told myself for months that it was unnecessary. I […]
“CIAO, BELLO!” I tell myself in a mirror in Italy.
I sleep like garbage here in Nice because it is about four thousand degrees every day, all day long, coupled with an unbearable humidity like nothing I’ve ever experienced in […]
Every Damn Airport In America
The next day was the journey home AND OUR WEEPING DEPARTURE FROM THE PALACE. I cringed at the thought of traipsing back down Geary Street to the hovel we had […]
Before the Palace
I admit, with all the humility in the world, that I make the best omelette that’s ever been made. It didn’t come easily, but after many failures, I finally came […]
Jamba the Hut Finds Old Hollywood:
I had great intentions of rising early, dressing in my finest mourning attire, and heading out to the Grammy Museum to weep at the Joan Rivers exhibit. I was going […]
Sherlock & Watson Visit the Chateau Marmont
I had a strange dream last night. I had curly blonde hair, but that was not the odd thing. I was teaching a math class (an absurdity in itself) on […]
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