Monthly Archives: December 2007
Holiday Cards with Hazy Intentions
After just going through all of my mail from the past week, I’ve discovered a trend… friends using holiday cards to me as a way of encouraging me to visit undesirable locales! From Maria (in Chapel Hill): “I hope 2008 … Continue reading
Filed under Friends
Maybe not, Mitt
Despite liking Mitt, for the most part, and kind of having a Republican lesbian crush on his wife, I’m a little bothered by his new promotion to create personalized voicemails. That said, if candidates are going to try cheesy “viral” … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events
NYU Douchebag sues Douchey Club
Admittedly this sounds like a total nightmare: An evening out at the trendy Times Square nightclub Arena ended for a recent NYU grad when bar staff overcharged him $1,000, beat him, frog-marched him to an ATM and had him arrested … Continue reading
Filed under Douchebaggery
Team Rudy’s "Strategy"
This morning’s Rudy email explained their strategy and featured tables! And numbers! While I appreciate seeing some logic, I think the explanation below ignores the fact that by shunning the early states, there’s a lot of early national press lost. … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events
Constantine is back?!?!
Constantine Maroulis’ career is apparently really taking off. Now he’s calling numbers at bingo! A year and a half ago, I saw him at Dos Caminos with a trampy blonde and he was acting like he won American Idol (ha!) … Continue reading
Filed under Douchebaggery
A fun evening in mink!
Tonight was particularly exciting because I had a little reunion with Kali, Daniela, and Mitchell (who isn’t always allowed out with us). While fearful of being attacked by crazed PETA fans, I still wore my mink vest: Me being fun/goofy: … Continue reading
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Baldwin Senior Video
Last night, Liz, Sarah, and I watched the Baldwin Senior Video together (and forced Sarah’s friend Dave to suffer through it too…) Some thoughts: I can’t believe that Liz and I got footage from our 4th grade play in there … Continue reading
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Je t’adore M. President
Carla Bruni is recording a new album of love songs now that she’s found love with M. Sarkozy. She’s also already booking tickets for her upcoming world tour. I still adore her first album, “Quelqu’un M’a Dit” so I’m sure … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events
Movie I CAN’T WAIT to see…
“In Bruges” which offers my favorite line from a trailer EVER… “If I’d grown up on a farm and was retarded, Bruges might impress me. But I didn’t; so it doesn’t.”
Filed under Movies
Waiting for Cheesecake
Apparently people in West Hartford are willing to wait 2-3 hours for a table at the newly-opened Cheesecake Factory. I was further horrified to learn that the average wait at a Cheesecake Factory nationwide is an hour and a half. … Continue reading
Williams and Roaches and Melissa. Oh My!
Melissa: i have a funny story mike and i were at a restaurant and this lame guy was sitting at the table next to us talking to another guy who it seemed like he hadn’t seen in a while and … Continue reading
Filed under Friends
Loved Peggy today
Loved Peggy Noonan’s Op-Ed in the WSJ today: This is my 2008 slogan: Reasonable Person for President. That is my hope, what I ask Iowa to produce, and I claim here to speak for thousands, millions. We are grown-ups, we … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events
Proof that my dog is NOT autistic
Ellie likes to be mean and call Audrey, my beloved 63 year old toy poodle autistic. Here is some photographic evidence of Audrey making eye contact with the camera and enjoying human touch. Apologies for the poor quality of photos… … Continue reading
Filed under Not Autistic, Super Cute
Who wants to go have hot chocolate with me?
This sounds perfect: The next time you find yourself in midtown on a blustery day, and are craving a thick cup of cocoa, check yourself in to the Omni Berkshire hotel’s Fireside Restaurant for a jazzed up Chuao hot chocolate. … Continue reading
Lotsa Ivanka!
So Ivanka’s great at self-promotion, branding, looking in the mirror, and being like her father. At least that was my takeaway from the NYTimes’ profile on her.
Filed under Beautiful People
National Review Round Up!
Okay, I’m finally parsing through the news I should have been following but didn’t because I was distracted by the holidays. Here are my favorite NRO articles from the past few days: Buckley on the questions we can’t ask of … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events
My Apologies
I’m sorry for being a terrible poster these past few days. Any of you who have seen my parent’s awesome computer set up will not be surprised. Anyway, good anecdotes to share later, but right now, “MTV True Life: I’m … Continue reading
Filed under Beautiful People, Rando
My Dad’s Latest Idea to Solve Immigration Problems
Daddy and I had a nice chat on his new plan to deal with immigration issues in this country and I present his plan below (transcribed/approximated from memory): Why don’t we just hand copies of the New York Times out … Continue reading
