Author Archives: didofoot
We gotta get outta this place
What’s the point of having all this disposable income of Gene’s if we’re not going to take a trip? I ask you. I want to take a big trip of course, but not until the weather warms up. So for now, I am looking at small trip options. Please chime in if you have thoughts … Continue reading
Which procrastinator are you?
I never take those “Which X Are You?” quizzes you see on Facebook. Because I already know all the answers. In case you were thinking of inviting me to take one such quiz, I offer you this handy primer: Which Jane Austen character are you? Timid, tittering and talky, I am Miss Bates, from Emma. … Continue reading
Pajama drama
Every now and then my wardrobe starts to lag behind itself. I look at the sea of clothes in my closet and realize, for example, that all my underwear is three years old or more. That my jeans are going to rip if I think about them too hard. That no matter how many times … Continue reading
Good news for the crews
Luna, once believed to be closed forever, has re-opened. It was purchased by one of the long-term waiters and his boyfriend, and it is, if anything, better than ever. The service is excellent, the champagne glasses are filled to the brim, the furniture is new…in short, don’t we need to eat a brunch there this … Continue reading
Some stuff I am glad about
In the style of Mindy Kaling, here are a few things I’ve bought (or someone’s bought for me) that I love. Cheap finds from Warehouse Deals This is the online store where Amazon sells stuff that got slightly damaged in their warehouse. I got the complete set of The Thin Man movies for $11, and … Continue reading
Unhappy ending
I think maybe the massage chair at the nail salon fucked up my back. This has never happened before. But I was sitting in the chair about ten minutes longer than I usually do, and by the time I got up I was feeling like I’d overdone it a little. (Also, the chair had managed … Continue reading
Well, thank goodness
I’ve been internally debating over whether or not to “throw my vote away” (also known as “vote for the candidate I actually want in office”) on Kucinich in the primary, but now he’s dropped out of the race. Thank heavens, right? Now I just have to decide on the lesser of two evils, just like … Continue reading
Something I have hold of has no head
I’ve at last tracked down a copy of Thurber’s The 13 Clocks and The Wonderful O, as illustrated by Ronald Searle, and my delight in having found it is only surpassed by the fact that it turned out to be well worth finding. Thurber’s prose, especially in his kid books, rattles and giggles and riots … Continue reading
The Human Database
I review a lot of different businesses for my various gigs, and I always find it absurd when a business doesn’t have a website. This is true for my personal life too: I don’t like going to a location blind anymore. I want to read the menu before I get there, I want to see … Continue reading
Best Books of 2007
Hoping I am not too late for a retrospective post, I present to you my best reads of 2007: Classic Fiction: Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald “Sometimes I think Gene and I are like Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald,” I told my dad after reading this. “Yes?” my dad said, choking on his burger … Continue reading