I got a late start this morning for my bike ride because I ran to get my flu shot at the synagogue. But when I was on my bike, I couldn’t help but marvel at how populated my mind was – it was like rush hour in there. Two hours later, warmer, out of breath – the curtain started to close, the denouement, all those people seemed to take their bow and leave my head.…
A bunch of New Orleans artisans got together and started Festivus to sell their wares during the holiday season. I went by there this afternoon and ran into old friends and rooted around the stalls with fleur de lis this and fleur de lis that. A weiner dog walked by wearing an army jacket. The Roller Derby girls were skating in and around. Live music was playing from two corners. Mimosas and Bloody Marys were…
A phone call the other night with someone telling me that everyone in the South is a fucking idiot. I said I think there are idiots all over, not just here. There are more here, he said. Looking at the headlines this morning with William Jefferson winning over Karen Carter, I feel inclined to think that maybe he is right, because only a bunch of idiots would have put that man in office. Nagin, now…
We decided on the Bank last night to have cocktails and figure out a game plan for the rest of the evening. We saddled up to the bar and while selecting a wine, we realized why we haven’t been there in a while – the owner, Alex. First thing he said was that he didn’t have a wine that didn’t have tannins in it so our search for a nice full bodied fruity wine without…
Riding up the elevator with a older couple who asked me where I went shopping since I had a full Langenstein’s grocery bag. I said I went to a Hanukkah bazaar at Temple Sinai. Blank stares. I asked where they were going when they got off with me at the 3rd floor and they said to visit their daughter and her husband. You must be T’s mom, I said. Yes! Then T’s mom said, “I…
So last night’s margaritas and party fare made me virtually useless today. I went to Pilates and I suffered through a strenuous mostly core workout. I came back and walked Arlene around the bayou and dropped by the LaLa to see what was in progress – no one there but some cabinets screwed in. I then went downtown to a couple of galleries – the Soren Christensen gallery to see David Borgerding’s sculpture and then…
I was playing Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle back to back singing O Holy Night – possibly the best Christmas song written – and as great as they both can sing it – one sweet, one earthy – you know who sings this song and makes you fall on your knees? – Irma Thomas – damn, she sings O Holy Night so damn good!!!! fall on your knees, oh hear, the angel’s voices, oh night…
I ran into Gomez at Whole Foods yesterday so he bought me a cup of coffee – a damn expensive one – and we were talking about men and women and how men tend to overlook how frightening they can be to a woman sometimes and how women live with the knowledge 24/7 that men have physical power over them and though that strength is there to help protect, the same man could potentially hurt.…
I have always been so enamored with my job because I can do it from anywhere in the world as long as there is broadband – and I’ve thought of doing it elsewhere – Cuba, New York, Istanbul – but then again as my ex father-in-law is want to say – it’s sometimes nice to just think about it rather than doing it. Nowadays, virtual offices are becoming more the norm than the exception. I…
Last night when Beth Hart was playing on the stereo, T said I love her! I said so do I! L turned me on to her. P was sitting there and said T turned her on to Beth. T laughed and said L turned me on to her. Goodness, one man is doing more to spread the gospel of Beth Hart into a lot of woman’s psyches than all her publicists combined. And now same…