Category Archives: DAILY
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
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
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
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,
THE TRANSPORTER’S MISSION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
On Thursday afternoons, The Transporter is in Halifax to conduct a difficult and dangerous and insanely complex mission, involving two lovely children. Driving a battered old Kia and disguised as a mom, The Transporter first drives the two children to
THE TRANSPORTER’S MISSION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
On Thursday afternoons, The Transporter is in Halifax to conduct a difficult and dangerous and insanely complex mission, involving two lovely children. Driving a battered old Kia and disguised as a mom, The Transporter first drives the two children to
I HATE SPA PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY GOAT ONES
You know- all those powders and gelatinous liquids which promise to make you feel like a combination of Gwyneth Paltrow, Megan Fox and the Dalai Lama if you add them to your hot bath water and lie back for twenty
I HATE SPA PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY GOAT ONES
You know- all those powders and gelatinous liquids which promise to make you feel like a combination of Gwyneth Paltrow, Megan Fox and the Dalai Lama if you add them to your hot bath water and lie back for twenty
BEING JULIA
The Gentle Reader may have come across the e-mail by Julia, the University of Maryland sorority girl to her fellow “sisters” , which has gone viral on the internet. Gentle Reader, if you haven’t, I urge you to do so
BEING JULIA
The Gentle Reader may have come across the e-mail by Julia, the University of Maryland sorority girl to her fellow “sisters” , which has gone viral on the internet. Gentle Reader, if you haven’t, I urge you to do so
SERIOUS DILEMMA
Much as Hamlet, Prince of the Danes, pondered whether to be or not to be, sending generations of theatre-lovers and lit-crits in a tizzy, I am pondering, Gentle Reader, whether to wake or not to wake. The Golden Boy is
SERIOUS DILEMMA
Much as Hamlet, Prince of the Danes, pondered whether to be or not to be, sending generations of theatre-lovers and lit-crits in a tizzy, I am pondering, Gentle Reader, whether to wake or not to wake. The Golden Boy is
