I’ve been a Wes Anderson fan ever since I saw Bottle Rockets. Although it was released in 1996, I didn’t see it until six years later, when my brother moved into my apartment in Santa Fe and brought his insanely large movie collection with him. Containing everything from the 1928 black and white The Passion of Joan of Arc to the ... Read More »
My friends who have children talk about how they are always doing laundry, but I have to say that owning a restaurant, I feel like I’m the one who’s always doing laundry. The laundry machine is constantly running. Yes, my sainted mother helps out by doing several loads a week at her place. But she’s out of town until Tuesday and ... Read More »
After sampling NYC’s best paella offerings and imbibing the best of Rioja this past Monday, the obvious conclusion to the evening was to stop at one of the many lovely restaurants on Mulberry Street for a little, you know, something before heading uptown to sleep. My mother picked out Balaboosta because of its charming, candle-lit interior. I also think she ... Read More »
From the beginning of football season until the Super Bowl, I live in a world of cryptic sentences and unfamiliar names, inside jokes and stealth maneuvering that leaves me utterly confused. Fantasy Football season is upon us once again and once again, I stand baffled on the sidelines. My dangerously cool younger sister is actually a part of the Fantasy ... Read More »
A year ago, fellow blogger Claire invited me to her camp in the Adirondacks for a party with her colleagues from St. Rose’s, lots of good wine and a very impressive paella. Click here to read Claire’s account of the party and her instructions on how to make a truly delicious meal. I’d eaten paella in the past, but never ... Read More »
http://youtu.be/1-8AOddGy4Y?t=3m55s&w=460 At some point during a (solo) 7 hour car ride, nothing on the iPod sounds good. Last Friday, I drove down to Delaware to visit friends (with a couple of side trips to Maryland and D.C.) and found that by hour 5, I was over everything on my playlist. I made time for Ira Glass and Isaiah Sheffer, but not ... Read More »
Sauced In New York Sometimes the food is in the sauce, sometimes we are