It’s Palm Sunday and the one week countdown to Easter. It’s also the beginning of our Italian honeymoon when we arrive in Venice on Holy Saturday. I can’t think of anything more lovely than celebrating Easter mass at St. Mark’s…
Archives for April 2011
Book to Movie: Freakonomics and Atlas Shrugged
There are two books I really enjoyed that have made it to the big screen. Last winter, the documentary Freakonomics came out which I still have yet to see. Doesn’t strike me as movie material, but a team of award-winning…
Fashion Friday: Glasses
Back when I started losing my eyesight as a kid, I hated glasses. They were a source of shame for me because I was a nerd already and the glasses made my image worse. But now I think glasses are…
Oysters at Cafe des Amis
I missed one yesterday. Added Cafe des Amis. More oysters!
$1 Oysters in San Francisco
Since oysters are on the mind, I compiled this list of restaurants where you can get $1 oysters. I’ve been to four of the seven and can vouch that their oysters are damn fresh. I got the location info quickly…
Happy Birthday Bloggie!
Dear Bloggie, Yesterday was your 7th birthday. I’m sorry I only realized it now when I remembered I had started writing years ago sometime in April. I checked the backlogs just now and it looks like it was April 12th….
Book Review: Heaven is for Real
I’ve been trying to read a lot more. At any given moment, I’ll have a book either in my hand, in the purse I’m carrying, or in the bathroom closet for toilet time. So I’ve been following several publications on…
Quotes from Senator Alan Simpson
Daniel sent me a funny article in response to my Planned Parenthood post. “Read your blog this morning. The article below seems apropo. I don’t know anything else about this guy that is not in the article below, but I…
Favorite Thing: Thai Massage
Whenever I’m feeling rusty and need a kick-in-the-butt (in a good way), I get myself a thai massage. If you’ve never gotten a thai massage, you need to book an appointment stat. Yelp or google thai massage in your area….
Money Monday: The Budget
I wanted to share my opinion today on the budget–THE budget–as in the federal budget that’s slated to cut $38 billion in spending for the year. The fact that the measure was not finalized until the last minute because of…