Category Archives: F & B

A Week in the Life: Manic Monday

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

I arrived in London relatively unscathed.  I always do. (I think I have about 12 dozen photos of my feet snapped at immigration at Heathrow.) The driver met me and we sped off to Central London. By “sped,” I mean, “we sat … Continue reading →

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Answered Unquestioned

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

In the continuing spirit of me serving not as a role model or an example, rather as a horrible warning to you all, I should tell you about how I “celebrated” Mothers Day with my friend JM.  JM is Miss … Continue reading →

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Love is All Around

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

I am becoming a Single Girl Stereotype, like something out of Central Casting.  If we’re being generous, maybe I am Mary Richards for the New Millennium. I made the Mary joke once at a party, and someone said: Mary Richards, … Continue reading →

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Gift of Finest…Rice?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

This is my last morning in Asia, and over breakfast, I texted Strand (paraphrased): Have I mentioned that I don’t feel nearly as crap as I thought I would after this kind of travel, plus having been in Europe the … Continue reading →

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An Englishman in New York

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Another day; another hour of sitting in the British Airways lounge at JFK. This has all become an exercise in existential roadwarriorism. Why am I here; where is this next flight taking me?  What are we doing?  I always look … Continue reading →

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Kindly

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

There’s an old episode of South Park where the boys enter a bar, and the scene is set up a bit like an old-timey Western, and someone says: We don’t take kindly to folks who don’t take kindly around here… … Continue reading →

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Milk Made

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

I think there are two types of people in this world: people who drink milk, and people who don’t know what they are missing. An acquaintance of mine recently confessed that she lies about being “lactose intolerant” because she doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Prepared Cheese Product

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

For some reason, the Winesday crowd has experienced a number of romantic breakups lately.  With that in mind, yesterday, we found ourselves in the midst of another breakup.  While Strand was upset, angry, and going through all of the motions … Continue reading →

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Terrible Twos

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Winesday turned two this past week.  Given my abject fear of commitment, and my inherent ability to screw up intimate relationships, this was no small feat. The origin of Winesday is a pretty ordinary tale — Miss Mal, Kate and … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Blind Dating, Take Two

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I talked to my mother yesterday.  Well, I ranted and she listened. When are you going out on your blind date? This week.  He wanted to go out on Saturday, but I was on on-call. (I volunteer in a hospital … Continue reading →

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