Seattle, WA I'm super glad that Thanksgiving is over. I dislike the contrivance of it, that forced gratitude thing. I've never...

She drinks wine while cooking dinner. I slapped a Jimi Hendrix stamp on the mortgage payment this morning and felt cheered. Ta...

Last night I walked around the corner and met two girlfriends for happy hour. I had the above drink -- some spicy concoction of ginger b...

Manhattan, straight up with Italian Maraschino Cherries Easy peasy and really nice. I brought doughnuts. The team was sensitive and ...

So, I woke up today and spent it alone. I walked all over the city, did a little shopping, ate a little pizza, drank prosecco at lunch, s...

Me and my yak Have you ever had one of those days where you talked and talked and talked, so much that it was too much? I had one of t...

You must be picked up by one of your very oldest and best friends in the world who has been out of town for months and you must park o...

A day or two ago, I woke up with a start and sat straight up, my heart pounding in the darkness. Hanging from the ceiling were str...

This was the only scene in the movie that REALLY freaked me out I saw The Exorcist last night at the movie theater. I had never seen ...

You see? In Beverly Hills, you have to be admonished not to drink martinis and smoke cigarettes while watching your son play baseball....

(otherwise, it was a fine day)

Are you starting to think that I'm being driven to drink as my post yesterday and now, today, is about alcohol? A few comments yest...

Tolstoy I've been drinking more lately. I'm one of those people who has never been a drinker, despite the pleadings of some of ...