Kings of the Road

I admit it, I am a fan of Harry Potter. Not one of those people that dresses up in a Hogwarts uniform and eats Every Flavor Beans and casts spells and tries out for the local Quidditch team. I tend to get the books confused because they all get jumbled up in my head. I [...]

Remember when Larry, Martin and I went to dinner at Fago de Chao a few weeks ago? Well, as we rolled ourselves out of the restaurant, high on animal protein, Larry and I dropped our business cards in the “win a free lunch” bowl at the door. Just for kicks. Does anyone ever really win [...]

Larry and I went to see Sunshine this afternoon at the Bethesda Landmark Row cinema. We walked there (only a 20-25 minute walk), even though it was extremely humid and it looked like it was going to rain. And because someone said it would be “an adventure.” I was already sick of walking in muggy, [...]

DC is really freaking humid. You think that strawberries might dry out if you leave them outside? Nope. They just grow mold. I tried, and it it turned into a scary science experiment.

Yum.

Even when I was having a fabulous time living in France, eating baguettes and camembert with an earthy cote du rhone in a cafe in Aix-en-Provence, or jetting around Europe, there were plenty of things I missed about home. I even missed the little things, the kind of stuff you don’t really think about until [...]

On Friday night, Larry and I went out to dinner at Blacks Bar and Kitchen in Bethesda. I’ve been dying to eat here ever since they remodeled it, but the few times we’ve tried, they have been completely booked. We got lucky on Friday when we stepped in on a whim to see if they [...]

Most of you know that the Old 97’s are my favorite band ever. I’ve been listening to them since 1998, when I first picked up their cd Fight Songs while in college in Bloomington, Indiana. They are one of the only bands that I never get sick of–I could listen to their songs on repeat [...]

Dear Jerk Who Left Your Chewed-Up Gum on the Seat at the Majestic Movie Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland:
Thank you SO MUCH. I sat in your abc gum (a.k.a. “already been chewed”, in case you never made it through elementary school) throughout the entire length of Knocked Up this afternoon. All of it stuck to [...]

Living in France wasn’t always creme anglais, pain au chocolat and wine. Just like living anywhere, you have to take the good with the bad. (Right? RIGHT?? I think about this a lot lately.) As a follow-up to my post a few weeks ago about why I loved France (from a letter to my best [...]

The dog is just fine. In fact, she was in fine form the very next day when she caught, killed and partially ate two baby rabbits. God, she is one tough dog.