Just got this email from my wonderful friend, Larry Thomas (he played the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld), in response to my plea for pizza recommendations in NYC:

Oh, I envy you so! In Midtown Manhattan and the Villiage there is John's Pizza. It's more of a restaurant than a slice joint but it's the best tasting in town. Just look in the phone book ( Read more... )

Just because we are on a budget does not mean we cannot eat like royalty. Here is my short list of places/foods to try. Question is, can we squeeze all these in on a 3-day weekend? Of course not. In reality, we need to stay for a minimum of 5 weeks. We will be forced to pick and choose, agonizing, wringing our hands and gnashing our teeth ( Read more... )

The other day, the National Polish Tourist Agency in France posted a picture of a sexy plumber on their home page, poking fun at the French fears about unifying Europe.

Here's the story: http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=851&aid=19355

The image, which appeared on the agency' ( Read more... )

Had a few days holiday in San Francisco which was very relaxing and refreshing. I got to see many of my good friends: Gretchen, Liz, Andrea, Wendy, and Glenn. I got to eat at Mai's (Vietnamese on Clement). Oh, and I had a San Francisco celebrity sighting: I saw Craig Newmark (www.craigslist.org) at a cafe. Not a big deal, really, because in San ( Read more... )

I finally set up my Sirius satellite radio so I can play it indoors. It's the best thing since the iPod. I can just let it play all day long -- no commercials. And there's like 10 million channels. I love it! Highly, highly recommended.

Last night I went to the Young Storytellers' Big Show. It was so much fun. Young Storytellers is a program ( Read more... )