Here’s what I’d like to know: Since when are the New York Yankees in any position to play hardball with the Twins? Given the pitching situation in New York, and given the fact that this is a team that is now in the (for them) desperate position of playing second-fiddle to the Red Sox, would … Read more
A few years ago, all the world was agog over green tea. It was in capsules, body lotions, eye creams, and perfume. While doing an article about the health benefits, I actually talked to a doctor who recommended bathing in it: throwing a couple teabags into a tub full of hot water and steeping, full-body, … Read more
Cufflinks, fire of the wrist bone. And they make for decent stocking stuffers, too. The shop girl at Via’s worried whether these would be too “jewel-y” for the heterosexual on my shopping list. But I assured her these would go to the girliest manly-man on the planet, my mop-headed boyfriend. The cufflinks he … Read more
THEATER & PERFORMANCEPlumfield, Iraq Barbara Lebow’s new play, Plumfield, Iraq, follows two high school buddies into the army, where they go to escape their small town life in Plumfield, Washington. This evening’s performance, directed by Nancy Kawalek, takes us on a journey "to unexpected destinations of the mind" as we hear from the two young … Read more
The Jewish fondness for Chinese food is the stuff of legend – and jokes. (Question: If this is year 4705 in the Chinese calendar, and 5768 in the Jewish calendar, what did the Jews eat for the first 1000 years?) But this is no joke: when Congregation Mayim Rabim holds its annual Hannukah party next … Read more
I have a secret. There is a vehicle that I have wanted to blog about for months. To be honest, if I came right out and told you the name of this vehicle you would laugh. It has no cred. So I’ve kept it quiet. Till today. My recent foray into cross-dressing drag sites has … Read more
I have spent the last 15 years working as an entertainment reporter, radio personality, commercial voice-over talent. OK, so I have a hard time using the word "talent" to describe myself, but I am professionally trained in voice, and next time you hear a commercial remember that it’s not as easy as you think to … Read more
Prentice had changed so much in twenty years. You could stop by the little local historical society at the County Fairgrounds and look at photographs of the way the town used to be, but pretty much every striking thing you would encounter on the walls there had been knocked down –the old courthouse with the … Read more
I’ll admit it’s not a big sacrifice on my part — my consumption of Junior Whoppers and Spicy Chicken Patties works out to about one sandwich a year. But after reading Eric Schlosser’s op-ed piece in The New York Times about the giant fast food company’s refusal to pay an extra penny a pound for … Read more
First, a preface: I am not a foodie. The blander the better. Nourishment, for me, is achieved by daily ingestions of oatmeal and honey, cinnamon-raisin bagels with peanut butter, salted popcorn, and, as of late, Odwalla Bars. I’ve enjoyed these very much because, well, they’ve made it easy on me—“No Refined Sugars,” say the labels. … Read more