October 2011
1 post
Thursday
We stayed in all day and then popped up and got dressed quickly to get to the cofffee roasters in time. Past all the upscale cafes and designer furniture stores of the Eixample, we hustled up the street. Cafe el Magnifico was not as intimidating as I’d imagined it. It was modern but warm with wood and the smell of coffee. Mims asked the woman to give us something “marvioso”...
September 2011
2 posts
Full of Bolonga.
Bologna, Italy is known as la grassa, la dotta and la rossa. The fat, the learned, and the red. It’s the center of culinary delights in Italy, the home of the oldest university in the world, and has a history of communist flair, as well as a lot of buildings awash in brick red.
The people of Bologna love their food, but I do not envy “la grassa.”
It’s tempting to imagine...
Beggars and Choosers
There is a woman in Sitges, Spain who comes to your table at the cafe with a small porcelain turtle with fins that move. She sets it on your table with a small card that says she is deaf and needs money and would you like to help and buy a turtle. She goes to every table and sets them down with the card that has her plea in several languages. She then dutifully re-collects them and nods at you...
March 2011
2 posts
Watchkelsyabbott:
Story Time With Miss Amy (Sedaris) from Wonder Showzen
My hero.
All In The Family of Sexual Violence
On my flight to NYC, I looked up from my book to see All In The Family on my tv. I saw a not unattractive young man, on top of Edith. He looked like he was going to rape her. I quickly plugged my earphones in and watched the rest of the most disturbing sitcom episode I’ve ever seen. Here is the episode description from tv.com: Before Edith arrives home, Gloria and Mike teaches Archie...
99 Things to Eat in LA Before You Die
Thanks to erinhill for posting Jonathan Gold’s 99 Things To Eat in LA Before You Die, list. I’ve been eating my way around LA for a while and I still haven’t made my way to a lot of this stuff. We seriously need to start a food club and eat this town up.
Here’s the list, with the things I’ve tried in bold.
101 Noodle Express’ Beef RollGold Akasha’s Quinoa With...
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“Are you okay? Whetzell?”
February 2010
23 posts
feburary 20, 2010
wake up at 8:17am mims is not in bed with me. at 7am the had cat jumped on the bed and walked all over us meowing. i assume mims got up then. i blow my nose. still feeling congested. i say good morning to mims in the kitchen and come sit on the couch to check my email. mims comes and sits next to me and starts reading my blog on his computer. he smiles at me and says, “your life is...
Here's the thing about L.A.--
valeriek:
I just drove past two American Apparels to get to one Starbucks.
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It’s a good deal.
feburary 19, 2010
i wake up sick. i have whatever mims had. make myself breakfast of oatmeal with side bowl of cut up banana and blueberries with scoop of peanut butter. trader joe’s valencia peanut butter with roasted flaxseeds and sea salt. orange juice. tea.
watch LOST episodes in my pajamas. lunch: mims makes my kale and potato puree into some soup. he also gives me a ricotta and chicken taco...
Not So Humble Pie: Science Cookies: Containment... →
february 18, 2010
woke up at 8am. mims told me i look sleepy and should sleep longer. woke up at 9:30am. had coffee and breakfast. mims wants to get out of the house so we decide to go to the coffee bean in los feliz. while we are there, i see my friend, tammy. she says hello to my husband, then leans into me and asks, “are you pregnant?” i smile, thinking, she’s just asking because I’m a...
february 17, 2010
wake up at 9am
eat breakfast.
walk to los feliz listening to This American Life, episode 400, Stories Pitched By Our Parents.
i go to nature mart. i buy roastaroma tea. it has a picture of coffee pot over a campfire on the box. i get a swedish berries iced tea and sit on the patio of coffee bean & tea leaf. i do some writing. behind me a couple drinking coffee, speaks loudly about...
february 16, 2010
tuesday. mims sick. bangs trimmed. ramen. spicy. tv. snuggle. cat. husband.
february 15, 2010
woke up at 9am husband is sick. sneezing, itchy eyes and runny nose. i go to the kitchen and make him some toast for breakfast and pack him a lunch to take to his office. in his lunch i put: leftover risotto from dinner the other night. i put in a splash of white wine so when he microwaves it at work, the moisture will steam the rice back up. a chunk of baguette. a small wedge of sharp...
february 14, 2010
February 14th, 2010 woke up at 8:23 am valentines in bed.
sleepy and hungover, i try to wiggle out of the man’s v-day plan. we have reservations at a fancy restaurant across town for brunch. i suggest going to the farmer’s market, buying fresh eggs, making pancakes and lazing about in the sunshine on the porch. i am denied. we drive across town. we walk into the restaurant...
february 13, 2010
woke up at 9am made whoopee with husband. took a shower together and discussed me going on an all girls weekend in palm springs, setting up our friend on a blind date, how all the ladies we know are very thin in LA and how annoying that is, how you really should clean behind your ears because it gets dirty back there, and the benefits of exfoliating your lips.
folded and put away laundry. got...
friday, feburary 12, 2010
2/12/10 woke up at 9am got dressed and discussed Cher with my husband. decided she is a crazy, old lady icon and we salute her. husband then sang, “do you believe in life after mustache,” and we discussed him shaving his mustache.
husband makes me peanut butter toast with thinly sliced apples on top. we eat and watch the cat slide a penny around on the floor. we go to cafe de...
Dear Cat
Dear Cat,
Please be advised, your butthole is exposed. You might be thinking no one will notice what’s going on down there, but you are mistaken.
Thank-you for you prompt attention to this delicate matter.
Sincerely,
Human
robots are kids too. or is it, kids are robots... →
November 2009
2 posts
Build Your Own Favorite Directors Coaster →
this would make a lovely x-mas present for drew hancock.
needs.
my response to my husband’s email invitation to attend a listening party for the new weezer album:
i’m an old, bitter woman. i do not listen to weezer. i argue about weezer. i lament over weezer. i am still from detroit and have residual traces of that snobby, musicophile blood flowing thru my veins that deems pinkerton the last weezer album. i will not partake in a night of...
May 2009
1 post
Real Talk
Twitter, facebook, tumblrs, bumblrs, diggs, dugs, nigs, nugs. No one blogs anymore. It’s all about who’s taking a shit RIGHT NOW. Here’s PIC of my shit! Here’s a SONG my shit sang! Here’s a TINY URL of my shit’s website! I know myspace has gone the way of the dodo, but I miss it. I miss that anyone could have a blog and they were all at my fingertips. I...
April 2009
2 posts
blog subjects
there is a page in my notebook that says, “blog subjects.” here is what is listed:
my sister in law is officially a better daughter than me. what is everyone looking at on the internet? i’m a horrible LA person. i just want to use my credit card all the time, for everything. i hate all roommates and neighbors and in response to “oh, your neighbors are just old and have...
March 2009
3 posts
Famous Monsters
I just heard that Forrest J. Ackerman died. It made me really sad. When I was a kid, I loved horror movies. I remember buying Famous Monsters of Filmland and wanting to visit Acker Mansion. RIP from nerds everywhere.
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gift boxes of candy from your childhood. best. idea. ever.
February 2009
10 posts
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