I thought about these things in quantities of three and at the end came to a conclusion: Things that make you go hmmm: 1. It took cheating on and leaving Steve for him to welcome children in his life. 2. Sometimes you love with all your big heart and still the beloved cannot love back. 3. You can love another’s child as if you gave birth to him yourself. Things that fill my soul: 1.…
Epiphanies always come when you least expect them. Sitting in the W lobby on first arriving in NY on Thursday afternoon – my body trying to withstand a system crash from too much champagne the night before coupled with only a fist full of trail mix on a Jet Blue flight – not too long later upchucked – while L was in the bathroom I noticed a man sitting across from me – a tall,…
Out of the mouth of babes – I learned from a young colleague of mine in NY that young men are shaving their balls because that is the right thing to do. He said, “we do it for you.” Nice. Apparently, older men aren’t aware of this trend and so C is making sure they know about it before they go back out into the dating life – he just shared his wisdom with another…
Last night in all our finery, L and T and I went to the big Saks Fifth Avenue gala after having two bottles of champagne and some twist and two lousy attempts at the Electric Slide. H dropped us off at the white carpet entrance and we walked in feeling all that. Inside we were shocked by all the bad face lifts and injectables and possibly the coup de grace was witnessing the plastic surgeon…
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…