Kings of the Road

Yesterday I got two wrong numbers from the same man. The first call came while I was at work. I answered my celly:
Me: “Hello?”
Man: “Hello, how are you?”
Me: “Um, fine. Who is this?”
Man: “I’d like to make an appointment.”
Me: “I think you have the wrong number. Who are you trying to reach?”
Click.
Clearly, I do not [...]

Five people are on an elevator, headed up to the top floor of a building. The elevator stops on the top floor and as soon as the doors open, a woman steps onto the elevator without waiting to let the passengers out. She stands in the middle, directly in front of the people already [...]

On Friday evening, Larry and I joined our friends Amy, Kirk and Blythe at the Ritz Carlton for the return of Chocolate Decadence. Last spring, the Ritz held a Chocolate Decadence event every Friday night, an all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet of unimaginable sweetness. Amy, Blythe and I attended the spring event, which I blogged about here. [...]

On Sunday afternoon, Larry and I went to Bethesda’s Landmark Row Cinema to see Death at a Funeral. The hilarious new comedy from Frank Oz! New from the director of In and Out and Bowfinger! A delightful British Comedy! Golly jee, those British sure are uptight! And funny!
The movie was pretty funny-it took a while [...]

Yesterday, Larry and I went to Chinatown in search of soup dumplings. We first saw soup dumplings a few weeks ago on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, when Anthony took a trip to Shanghai. The soup dumplings he ate at Nan Xiang restaurant in Shanghai were pillows of dough enveloping a rich soup broth. The smaller [...]

Have you seen the new Dunder Mifflin website? You can even apply for a job online.
They have a press release of Ryan’s recent promotion to Vice President of Regional Sales. My favorite part is the quote from Michael Scott:
“I can’t begin to tell you how much I’m going to miss that little guy,” said Michael [...]

I try not to blog about work. But I just have to mention that Larry is taking a job the same Large Unnamed Consulting Company that I work for. We’re going to be a little family of consultants.
Welcome aboard, honey. You are now one of us.

This video is hilarious.

I have most of my photos on Flickr under a Creative Commons license, which means that I give permission for anyone to copy, distribute, perform, or use my work, so long as they give me credit. I figure that since I’m not selling my pictures, or making any money on them in any way, I [...]

Last night, Larry and I had our second Restaurant Week dinner at Bistro Bis in Capitol Hill, and our buddies Greg and Martin joined us. My manager at work had decided not to use her reservation, and she offered it to me. Larry and I tried to say no, because going out to eat all [...]