Something I learned recently: Cookie scoops: they rock! A while ago I picked up this cool resin-and-silicone cookie scoop. I forget where I got it; probably Target or Bed/Bath/Beyond. Anyway, then I forgot all about it until Monday when I was making some oatmeal cookies. You know how oatmeal cookie dough is super thick and […]

You Belong in Soho Although you may not be a professional artist, you do dabble in one form of art or another.And you indie culture of all kinds – from little botiques to art house films. Where Should Your Inner New Yorker Live?

“It’s just good to put Pittsburgh out of its misery. When you can do that, it’s gratifying.” –some Baltimore football player on Monday morning HA! Well spoken, sir. Take that, ‘tards, and now STFU for a whole blessed year of peace.

So how was everybody’s T-giving?  Mine was good.  I decided to cook an Italian-themed dinner this year.  We had antipasto (olives, cheese, etc.), and I made a hot Italian sausage and fennel-flavored stuffing to go in the turkey, and served braised greens with garlic and pesto mashed potatoes on the side.  That’s why I cook […]

Hope you all enjoy the holiday! Be safe out there on the roads, and don’t eat too much greenbean-mushroomsoup goo!

Ah-HA! I can’t believe it, I found another film reviewer who agrees with me about Nicholson in The Departed and in general! Fry me up some of that sacred cow burger, baby! Read whole review here or enjoy these juicy excerpts: “It’s a testament to the rest of the cast that Nicholson’s self-worshipping train-wreck of […]

That’s me! Finally BW has been re-employed at U. of Pitt long enough for me to qualify for free classes, so yesterday I enrolled. Now this is Pitt, so they don’t have any courses I could take to, say, learn a new trade, change my life, or enhance my career path. Quelle joke! So that […]

I can’t believe I finally got out to see The Departed, and it was worth the wait! Now, I do not belong to the Cult of Scorsese. I think he is a good director, but I don’t buy into any of the “best filmmaker”, “genius”, “artiste”, etc etc etc hype that gets heaped onto his […]

Now I finally have time to tell y’all about the great gift BW got me for my birthday (what? it’s only 2 weeks after the fact!) The book is A Portrait of Joan: An Autobiography by Joan Crawford, 1st. ed. published in 1962. Which is all cool in and of itself, but wait, there’s more! […]

Will be in Meeting Hell all day today and tomorrow. Amuse yourselves.

It’s very weird, what with me being the lifelong big fan/whore/advocate of MAC cosmetics, that I’d never actually bought a tube of their lipstick before. Lipgloss, yes, but never the lipstick. I don’t really buy lipstick that often because I don’t wear it that often…I usually find it too thick and gloppy for me. Well, […]

Basically, nothing. Which was sort of the point. With classes and work, BW didn’t feel up to a real “go away-stay in hotels-see lots of tourist junk-run around-busy busy” vacation. Instead, we opted for a (mostly) at-home vacation. We: 1. Went to Cook Forest (one of PA’s only old-growth forests) for a few days, hiked […]

Taking a very short break from my break to give out a big “W00T!!!!!!” that two of the vilest, nastiest, foulest pieces of shit to stain the American cultural landscape have BOTH gotten the BOOT TO THE HEAD on the same day!! Elvis be PRAISED and sing Hallelujah! Free at last…Pennsylvania and Britney are free […]

This blog is taking a much-needed vacation. Talk to you again after the 10th!

So yesterday morning I was watching this documentary about Nikola Tesla (which I highly recommend to you all.) And as we all know, Tesla was known as The Master of Lightning. As I was watching the show, my eyes roamed around my office, and fell upon my ELVIS TCB postcard, with it’s proud lightning bolt […]

Who Should Paint You: M.C. Escher Open and raw, you would let your true self show for your portrait.And even if your painting turned out a bit dark, it would be honest. What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?

Oh by the way, we painted our guest room/den. Did it quite a while ago, just kept forgetting to post pics. See them all here. I so love it now! It’s like a dark and vaguely exotic little den. Not only did we paint, we redecorated. For years, we always did our guest room in […]