Lest anyone think it's easy to date me, let me tell you about our weekend. I may've spent 8 hours (not an exaggeration) between Weds-Fri primping, but Jon was so nervous, he was tense the whole week and much of Saturday ( Read more... )

I was cranky Thurs night, so I went to bed hoping to feel better in the morning. Not so much. But at least it was only 20mins after my tearful phone call with my mum that I remember what the day of the month it was and realized it was all in my head. Then I ran for 3hrs and while the last 2 miles were teeth gritting torture, I felt chipper and ( Read more... )

Friday was almost a 5 Thing day: I Oly-lifted for the first time in over a year; I went to work; and I had two separate primping appointments, one of which included a 2.3mi walk. Eep. My numbers for squats/bench/deadlift aren't bad, but I was still too sore to reach things on the ground on Monday. oops. Kristen gave me the same haircut as usual: it ( Read more... )

I don't know how, or I'd replicate it, but somehow my brain suddenly clicked on again Friday morning. Sitting on the subway to work, I figured out the exact right present for Pongo's "birthday". Too bad it required me to go to the new REI in Soho, bc I was half an hour late for my date with Julian after I'd finished angsting about socks. We had ( Read more... )

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The best thing about the weekend was how ordinary it was - nothing death-defying, just stuff people do when they're on vacation - and yet it was incredibly wonderful. I took an egg cheat and had breakfast in a perfectly ordinary diner; after having been in so many places trying for that ambience, it was amusing to have (delicious!) eggs and coffee ( Read more... )

Swear to goodness, I've had a note in my book textfile to write a post about ebook pricing since January, but I've had so little time to write, I never got around to it. And now I've so many notes on that thought, I'll never get them all in one post grr ( Read more... )

Apparently I can be drunk but still feel ankle pain. Dammit. I was relaxing with a glass of Pedro Ximenez on Thurs night when I read something triggery on FB and switched to bourbon and emails from happier times. bleh. The only way out is through, etc.

I've mentioned the royal wedding party from Fri morning. Evil English served homemade scones and ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know I'm posting this after the holiday is over. My Internet was down for 2 weeks and as you will see in this tale, the short week was busy.Fri night I had a date with Jane & Julian. We went to Casa La Femme, an Egyptian restaurant in the west West Village. The drinks were fantastic and the food was good. I've also come to the conclusion ( Read more... )

Fri night was the best showtunes night we've had yet. Sing Sing on St. Marks has a broader selection than the place NY Mag recommended, although they have some eclectic choices: every song from Cinderella (presumably the R&H version) including the instrumental songs, but only one song from Into the Woods. Sna? More importantly, we had twice the ( Read more... )