Chicken Salad and Nashville

  When I accomplish two birthday list items in one day, I feel super-duper productive. Yesterday, I ate lunch at Michael's Deli for the first time. I've lived in Brookline for three years and hadn't made it there yet. It gets rave reviews because the deli meat is shipped from NYC. The corned beef is... Continue Reading →

TV and Movie Excitement

  I don't watch much TV. Maybe 2 or 3 hours a week. So I am overly excited about two upcoming programs that I am planning to watch. The first one being Spike Lee's documentary about Michael Jackson's Bad album, which airs Thanksgiving night. I'll be inhaling my turkey dinner in order to make it... Continue Reading →

Happy Holidays

  As of November 1, retailers have deemed it "the holiday season." I'm still thinking about how it would have been nice to hit the beach another time, and now I'm being told to start thinking about buying holiday gifts?? It's too much. Another thing that's too much = the election. I'm a nervous wreck... Continue Reading →

Suspenseful Movies Pain Me

  I wouldn't go as far as saying that suspenseful movies kill me, but they give me stress headaches. That's why I don't see them in movie theaters very often. I'm also a pain in the ass to sit next to. I make involuntary exclamations and involuntarily grab and hit people's arms. It can't be... Continue Reading →

Molly and Davy and Peter

  I was in the same room as Molly Ringwald the other day. I was in the same room as the darling of John Hughes's films. Films that I've watched countless times. Films that I own on videotape but haven't gotten rid of. So Molly just publisher her debut novel and came to my neighborhood... Continue Reading →

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