Finally made it to Iris last night after hearing great things and let me tell you, it was delicious. The service was off, it seemed to take forever for the waiter to take our order, but the Halibut was by far one of the best fish entrees I’ve had – it had a grapefruit butter finish that was devine and the fish was cooked to perfection – crispy on the outside and tender and flaky…
An email volley with the girls from Nantucket reminded me of setting reasonable goals and having reasonable expectations. What are we capable of? Yes, we could scale mountains and super produce and all of that stuff that sounds so good on paper – but in the end, where is the art of just being? The moment of being centered from inaction? It’s not just me saying they are working themselves into a frantic tangle of…
Last night at the Turkish soiree at the WTC, the belly dancers reminded me of all the unreplied emails to the local belly dancer instructor that I have meant to send. Then there was the drive by dinner at Ye Old College Inn where suddenly I felt that I just couldn’t talk anymore – exhausted and conversationed out. And yet, lying in bed later I felt still that I hadn’t accomplished all that I set…
People like to use the reasoning that behaving a certain way isn’t natural – well, let me tell you – my nature is to want to jump on a table, dance a jig, and wail at the top of my lungs like some demon lover who just got let out of the insane asylum. BUT, I don’t, well, I try not to, most of the time I am keeping my feral side in check, so…
Trying to put my newfound perspective into good use. I named my calendar for next week – A Fabulous Week – instead of WEEK FROM HELL, which was my original inclination. Trying to be grace under pressure, but right now I’m in double warp speed with no end in sight. On one conference call I took the phone and went out on the terrace to take a respite from the computer screen and the sun…
She says, “We haven’t had sex for 11 months. I’m too young for this.” I say, “I’m too old for it, too.” I’m young and passionate and sexual. Wait, who said that?
Sitting outside on the porch doing an interview this evening and people strolling, running, driving, biking, walking, jogging by all wave and say hello. My interviewee says – “My, I like this neighborhood, people are very friendly.” Indeed. Five minutes later my neighbor comes whooshing by at top speed on the riding lawnmower – he is a MOWRON – he and his buddy cut the grass on the bayou and in City Park. They volunteer.…
A friend told me this morning he’s having difficulties with his wife – “she doesn’t appreciate me” – I told him I had seen a cartoon in the paper of two parrots and one turns to the other and says, “It’s not about the cracker.” I said relations are squeezed when a child arrives and maybe try a little tenderness – that’s all we want – he said that’s all he wants. He left shaking…