It’s the Friday before the Republican National Committee comes to NYC. The first protests begin. It turns out the epicenter of tonight’s action is on my block.
Hundreds of people, scores of cops, two helicopters and one tipsy peebo. More to come.
Loyal readers,
I wanted to post a quick apology for the lack of fresh and exciting content this past week or so. I blame my job. It seems my workplace has a little problem with resource allocation.
My work is project based. When a new project is initiated a project plan is developed that outlines all [...]
There is a post forthcoming on this event that will answer the following questions:
1) Does alcohol enhance the “sport” of Laser Tag?
2) Are limos really worth the money?
2) Is it possible to do karaoke and not look foolish?
Actual quotes heard last weekend in the Hamptons. I’m not making this up. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
“There’s Christy Brinkley and her husband Peter Cook at the craft fair!”
“That’s Blackhampton. That’s where the black people live.”
“His sister works with Calvin. (pause) Klein.”
“I only go to [name of bar] with my [...]
I get the Merriam-Webster “Word of the Day” email newsletter. (Which is very cool. You can subscribe here.) Each day you get a new word, definition, example sentence, and etymology.
As you’d expect, most of the words are traced back to an original Greek or Latin source. However, sometimes the history of the word is [...]
Ah… the weekend.
Last weekend was fantastic. Read on and be jealous.
Friday Night
Katy and saw “Riding Giants,” a documentary about big wave surfers. (It was directed by Stacey Peralta who also did “Dog Town and Z Boys,” a documentary about skateboarding.) Very cool film. It didn’t make me want to be a surfer, but it did [...]