THE VON VONNI DRESS LOOKS STUPID

Do you remember, gentle reader, the length of thin fabric which your grandmother, or elderly aunt, or even maybe your mother- used to wrap around her body? If you are from Iran, you will. You will recall how, when washing

THE VON VONNI DRESS LOOKS STUPID

Do you remember, gentle reader, the length of thin fabric which your grandmother, or elderly aunt, or even maybe your mother- used to wrap around her body? If you are from Iran, you will. You will recall how, when washing

THE MAJOR COOKING TIP: DON’T EVER, EVER

cook on an empty stomach. Really, this is the only real piece of advice you need in order to prepare edible dishes, and don’t  forget the salt. Cooking whilst hungry has produced some of the most awful dishes known to

THE MAJOR COOKING TIP: DON’T EVER, EVER

cook on an empty stomach. Really, this is the only real piece of advice you need in order to prepare edible dishes, and don’t  forget the salt. Cooking whilst hungry has produced some of the most awful dishes known to

HOORAY! MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS A NUN!!

It is a sad sign of the times, Gentle Reader, how parents these days are going out of their way to reassure each other, and themselves, that their gentle beloved teenage daughter “does not go to parties.” I was lunching

HOORAY! MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS A NUN!!

It is a sad sign of the times, Gentle Reader, how parents these days are going out of their way to reassure each other, and themselves, that their gentle beloved teenage daughter “does not go to parties.” I was lunching

MAN FASHION: JEWELRY

I always associated man jewelry with either elderly men or young artsy men. The middlers, overly manly men like my father, eschew wearing any adornment, indeed, my father even disdains wearing a wedding ring. Most other men I know in

MAN FASHION: JEWELRY

I always associated man jewelry with either elderly men or young artsy men. The middlers, overly manly men like my father, eschew wearing any adornment, indeed, my father even disdains wearing a wedding ring. Most other men I know in

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IF YOU DON’T HEAR FROM ME, GO LOOK FOR CLUES AT THE SEAHORSE TAVERN

  Tonight will be a first for me, Gentle Reader, and I cannot say I am not excited.   I am going out by myself, by myself, to watch a live music show at the Seahorse Tavern.   The Seahorse

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IF YOU DON’T HEAR FROM ME, GO LOOK FOR CLUES AT THE SEAHORSE TAVERN

  Tonight will be a first for me, Gentle Reader, and I cannot say I am not excited.   I am going out by myself, by myself, to watch a live music show at the Seahorse Tavern.   The Seahorse

/ FOOD

SALT LAKE

Eating baked potatoes suddenly brought back a flood of memories of Tabriz, the Turkic-speaking city in the northwest of Iran, where they sell boiled potatoes and eggs by the street, to our amazement. We traveled there in the summer of

/ FOOD

SALT LAKE

Eating baked potatoes suddenly brought back a flood of memories of Tabriz, the Turkic-speaking city in the northwest of Iran, where they sell boiled potatoes and eggs by the street, to our amazement. We traveled there in the summer of

ELEVENSES

  Perhaps the Gentle Reader, not having spent their childhood in the company of Pooh Bear and his motley crew, is not familiar with this meal?  Regardless, it is, I have discovered , the most important meal of the day,

ELEVENSES

  Perhaps the Gentle Reader, not having spent their childhood in the company of Pooh Bear and his motley crew, is not familiar with this meal?  Regardless, it is, I have discovered , the most important meal of the day,