We celebrated Kerry’s birthday at Swirl last night with a cake as big as a hat box from Flower Power in Chalmette. Two guys trying to break into the catering world, prepared food for the occasion. The wines we tasted were K’s favorite under $20. The air outside was dense, waiting for the clouds to burst open. And I felt the same way – the pressure mounting towards some unknown chimera who sits cross armed…
Here’s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once. – Tallulah Bankhead Vice is nice.
An email from Ken this morning – he seems to equate me and the LaLa with Dwight: “When pressure mounts and strain increases, everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear and distrust.†Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower About Gen. Eisenhower: “He has the power of drawing the hearts of men towards him… he merely has to smile at you,…
Tonight is Kerry’s birthday at Swirl – and so she will be playing music from 1960 and serving up delicious wine. G is taking T to Emeril’s for his birthday dinner, now long overdue. And tomorrow the girls are planning to attend the big gala opening of Saks Fifth Avenue. Saks has spent more than $36 million on this retail space – it is said to be the most expensive real estate Saks has in…
After the Market on Esplanade (MOE’s) closed a few weeks ago – we’ve all been pretty miffed here the people who opened it were less than honest and industrious with this enterprise. Back before Katrina, when Whole Foods pulled out of the small corner grocery because they had opened two obscenely large groceries elsewhere, there were plenty community meetings about what should take Whole Wallet’s place. Lakeview Fine Foods won the bid even though no…
When my other dog, Sam, turned 11, he started sleeping in his own bed and didn’t want to get in the bed with me because he didn’t like to be touched when he was sleeping. He didn’t want to be close – he always liked to position himself in a doorway or corner so he could watch everything that was going on but not get stepped on or be bothered. Not the Bean, as she…
I’m missing G – haven’t seen her in a while because I’ve been caught up with travel and L and LaLa and such. My days and nights can’t seem to encompass all I want from them. I haven’t had a chat and cocktails with T in a while even though she is right down the hall from me. Another T called on Sunday and said it had been a while since we saw each other.…
Last night I went with Lance to Applebee’s for a snack before seeing “Harsh Times” starring Christian Bale. The movie was more of a character study than plot driven – and in the end Bale’s character didn’t change or incur an epiphany – he actually kind of lost steam portraying a cold-hearted violent man scarred by war and killing, who then breaks down and cries when he finds out his Mexican squeeze is pregnant because…
Julio is sanding the floors at the LaLa and he will put the first coat of stain on today. I’m going with the Ebony stain that Nick used on his mother in law’s floors because I really liked those floors the first time I saw them. Julio tried to talk me into the natural red pine color – and it is rich and warm – but I like the ebony stain. Steve suggested I go…
Everyone seems to be focused on the lines around my eyes. I stopped into Saks while in NY to spend a small fortune on wrinkle cream and the woman behind the counter, only two years younger than me, with not a line on her face, said “you have good skin, but, um, the lines around your eyes need help.” L and I were talking about cosmetic surgery as he just visited a friend whose wife…