At Swirl last night the crowd was more local than it has been lately, which is much more to my liking. We hung out for a while then went over to La Vita but F wasn’t there and it makes such a difference when she’s not – as we were walking to the truck we ran into H&T, and T told me that L had gone to get hair cut and didn’t like it so…
Arrived from Chicago to a notice from my neighbor’s attorney that I cannot stand in his driveway or he will file an injunction against me. It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity – are you familiar with this saying – we have examples of the stupids all around us – but I had the good fortune to have the LaLa right up against the stupidest of all. I’m waiting for him to pass in front…
that’s how it feels to not be able to exercise for the last two months because of my foot and to be eating like I’m on a cruise – what goes on? – so today, jeans tight, one more steak dinner, and I’m done – sick of it all and can’t wait to get on my bike and off the hoof.
Walking to my hotel down Michigan Avenue in Chicago I saw our streetcar on the corner – I went over and asked what was going on and found out the Louisiana Tourism office had sent the streetcar here with staff and brochures to make people aware of New Orleans and that we are open for business. How great is that? I had the woman take a photo of me hanging off the streetcar.
I met this tall black man today on Michigan Avenue – we got to talking and he said he was from Mississippi but had been in Chicago for 35 years. He said he was looking to retire somewhere – maybe Atlanta, maybe in Texas – I said well you certainly don’t want to come to New Orleans – the opportunities for a black man are limited. Then about 20 minutes later I ran to find…
There was an article recently about cable now going to get movie releases at the same time they appear in theaters. I remember the big screen – Northpoint Theater in San Francisco – huge. It was an experience to go watch a movie there. And sadly they closed when the Sony theaters opened at 5th and Mission – the more hi-tech sound, the stadium seats, and a cluster of them showing a variety of different…
I had dinner tonight with a man who he tells me I have known him for 11 years. Good grief, does time go by that quickly? I picked him out from a manuscript he submitted to this horrible writer’s group I was in that was controlled by a psychopathic woman who rejected his script outright. We formed our own writer’s group and left her petty myopia in the dust. I was getting undressed later and…
Help! Everyone looks alike – even me! Except there is an au currant theme here – young men (30s), striped shirts (untucked), hair products (gel and curls). Nice.
Who is the brightest guy in the world – Steve Jobs – who wouldn’t want to work for him – me. I admire the guy to the extreme but understand he is a dick to work with. Meanwhile, I’m in a hotel that no longer has a radio – only an IPOD connection. Jobs changed a piece of the world forever.
You remember that commercial where the woman says “I’m cleaning my oven while I ____.” Well I left with the hopes that Tom would put up the valance that Steve’s guy put in wrong, Bud’s men would finish the windows that had already lost the finish Justin had put on a few months ago, Rene would return and finish painting the North side and the front porch that Steve’s guys were supposed to have done,…