We went to 820 North Rampart Street or now known as Tonique last night for a cocktail. I was trying to show off some of my favorite haunts to an out of towner. We walked into an empty bar and I said, things are happening in here. Then the bartender turned into CUJO about my comment and we were so turned off we instantly left. I walked down the street and heard from service people…
Loca dressed up like Obama-dog and Arlene as a lobster and their slogan for the canine costume parade was A Lobster in Every Pot! Honestly, the whole event was a little disconcerting as Arlene tried to leap out of the cart and Loca tried to eat Cashew, the Yorkie in a tutu. Thankfully, a colleague was in town to help me keep the mayhem to a dull roar. Yet, I was awakened early this morning…
My pumpkins are all thoroughly carved and ready for tonight – Happy Halloween! But there is debt to pay, these carver(s) seek fame and glory, albeit secondary, from THE BLOG, so in honor of their skill and cunning, below is Haiku for Pumpkin Prankster: Pumpkins from front porch Abducted, carved then returned Mystery now solved
A emissary for the prankster came by to collect two pumpkins – supposedly this mule was paid $50. I said take more! But she said $50 only buys two.
We have high hopes to expand our little family here at the LaLa and as I was thinking of all the things that I want my future to hold, a child calling me Mom is tops on the list.
Last night, five women sat in my living room listening to Obama’s thirty minute recap of what he is going to do as president. Yes, some of it was rehashed, but still, I had goosebumps thinking we will finally have a president that we deserve. I haven’t felt this way since Jimmy Carter. Okay, say what you will about Carter – there was no president who cared deeper about this country and its collective soul…
I was speaking to a friend in San Francisco about her musical prodigy cousin who had been taken under Leonard Bernstein’s wing. He grew up in the projects down the street from where I lived on Mason Street. I insensitively said, how could your aunt have lived there? The other day T said she was going to do five acts of charity a week and I thought now that is a goal to start your…
There are many things wrong in this country and never a time like the present to address some of the more dire issues like education, health care, poverty. Go Obama! But on the flip side, I have always been enamored by the spirit of the Individual that America has uniquely bred. I remember in San Francisco, friends who were dismissive of a Filipino family who lived next door with three or four generations piled into…
A friend shared this blog last night which shows that Obama could win by a landslide.