“I know you’re not really looking at my collection of toys for sale, right?” A tall African American man called out to me while comfortably sitting on a portable lounge chair behind a table of vintage toys. Ah yes, even… Continue Reading
Stayed at work for another late night today and on my way home I noticed that The Habit near my house that has been under construction for the the past year has a huge Open banner hanging in front! My… Continue Reading
A couple years ago there was a Gilt City deal for a beautiful summer dinner in the French Laundry garden, and the chance to meet Thomas Keller. Out of the delicious dinner came both a photo with Mr. Keller himself,… Continue Reading
Earlier tonight, lyrics from Toni Braxton’s 1993 hit Breathe Again playback prominently in my head as a clutch a box of kleenex. Please understand if love ends Then I promise you, I promise you That, that I shall never breathe… Continue Reading
It’s funny how just the sound of something can trigger a Pavlovian response. On this day off I was in bed doing my normal morning scan of Facebook (i.e. my social media curated RSS feed) when I see an article… Continue Reading
For recent social events the theme seems to be “in the pursuit of culture and class”. About a month ago Jen, Yvo Nick and I went to shiver in see La Traviata at the Opera in the Ballpark. While I’m… Continue Reading
Dating is hard. To say that, full-stop, might be a gross over-generalization, so I’ll rephrase: Dating is hard for me. I’m not great at first impressions, I’m attracted to emotionally unavailable people, and I’m slow to warm. With new people,… Continue Reading
Last Monday got into work and proceeded with the usual catch up with my officemate James. The normal pleasantries include “What’d you do this weekend?” “Happy Monday! *sigh*” and similar questions that you could chalk up to a ritual. Remembering… Continue Reading
12 chairs 3 family 4 crew Incense Wax Candles Fog Wind Dirt Wood Shovels Excavator Chains Plate compactor Torch Paper Money Ashes Grass Took the incense performed three bows before placing them into the freshly uncovered dirt. There were no… Continue Reading
Today chatted with someone at work that I used to play tennis with, and he said to me “Hey, you gotta make time for the things you love. Don’t tell me tennis isn’t one of your loves.” The first tennis… Continue Reading