The theater season has officially begun! Which means one of my favorite Friday routines is back: Step 1: Leave work early (i.e., at 6pm) and have dinner at Le Pain Quotidien while reading the French translation of a ridiculous “Swedish noir” crime novel. Open-faced sandwich with avocado and prosciutto(the prosciutto had been cooked so it was crspy like […]
Another quick trip to New York today. This time to attend a dinner with law students that we are recruiting from Columbia and NYU. Timing wasn’t the most convenient — there’s a lot going on at work at the moment — but it’s basically impossible not to enjoy a trip to New York. Things got […]
Two weeks ago Lady called and said she’d sent me a box for my birthday (which isn’t until November). Days passed and no package arrived. Then I got a nastygram from the front dest of my building demanding that I come pick up the package that had been there for, like, ever. (Far be it […]
I’ve eaten snails before. They’re delicious. But I’ve always preferred to eat them when they look like little brown things swimming in butter and garlic (and perhaps topped by an egg). I other words, I’ve eaten snails, but only when they didn’t look like snails. Last night, while sitting on the terrasse at the French restaurant Petits […]
Whenever I talk about DC weather with people who aren’t don’t live here, we inevitably get stuck on the summers: Why on earth would anyone consciously choose to live in a place where you regularly get temperatures in the upper 90s with 85 percent (or higher) humidity? What a swamp! Yes, DC was built on a swamp, […]
On Friday night I went with my friend Danya to see a production of Invisible Man at the Studio Theatre. I had gone into it with fairly high expectations: The book on which the play is based is wideley celebrated; one of those “must reads” in high school English classes that I somehow managed to graduate without […]
So, if you get bitten by a hot vampire, then you turn into a hot vampire too, right? Isn’t that the moral of all those Twilight stories? Pretty sure that’s right. (Unless, of course, you just die — but let’s focus on the positive here.) But what happens if the vampire that bites you is more “warm and cozy” […]
Adding to my success with late-summer blooms, I’m delighted to see that my jasmine plant has blossomed again. The plant had blossomed once earlier in the summer, but I was in Morocco and so was unable to enjoy the flowers and their scent. I was afraid I’d missed my chance — but no! There are a handful of buds […]
I called Ashley to chat for a few minutes as I walked to the grocery store today after work. Shortly after we hung up, Ashley sent this text: Teya just told me “You were NOT talking to Uncle Jason! You need to go to his house and tell him sorry for calling him!” Ha! I […]
Heather left early on Wednesday morning, and I spent the rest of the week trying to get back to normal. Except for a few “down” weeks (when I worked 16 hour days), I have been hosting house guests or traveling (for work or vacation) since early June. It’s made for a fun-filled summer and many […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 