…you spend an awesome evening at a concert with friends, and, the next day, can only remember that it was too loud and that you went to bed too late. …the only club you want to get into now is your wife’s book club. (Some things never change, though: (a) clubs are still full of [...]
I’ve been so busy lately, that I haven’t had any time to blog. No great loss, though, since most of what I’ve been up to is unbloggable for one reason or another. (Some of you may know some of the unbloggable things. And a select few of you even know all of them. ) Just [...]
Some things I don’t get: Why spam is effective (i.e., who is buying that cheap Viagra, paying for those university diplomas, applying for “100% guaranteed” mortgages, etc.?) Why people ask for (or tolerate) ice cubes in their water Modern art I’ll tackle the first two another time. This weekend I went to the Museum of [...]
This has been my own, personal Restaurant Week. Monday We saw The Odd Couple, with its star-spangled cast including Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Brad Garrett (of Everybody Loves Raymond), and Olivia D’Abo. The show was disappointingly predictable. A couple of good laughs scattered across 2 hours and 10 minutes, but overall, certainly not recommended. (Other [...]
Yesterday was… different. Our friends invited us to go to a nude (actually, “clothing-optional”
beach with them. Puritanical prudes that we are, we’d never been to one; and we were curious, so we went along.
We celebrated my birthday this weekend. As her gift to me, Sara proved that she is a true Rothman by arranging not one, not two, but three birthday surprises. (See the complete photo set here.) Friday: The Almost-Suprise Friday was spent at home with some wonderful special friends. Their arrival was supposed to be a [...]
Last night, in reverse: We returned home, tired, but happy that we got to spend time and laugh with our all wonderful friends. As we drove back home from the city, I became more and more sure that I like “Night on Disco Mountain” (from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack) better than the original–and arguably [...]
Last night I saw my seventh Erasure concert. I was wearing the gayest shoes I own (blue suede moccasins), so I had to compensate by showing up with–not one, but two–hot chicks. (The hot chicks were, no doubt, the reason I was offered “free condoms and lube” immediately upon entering the concert hall.) I’m terrible [...]
Proof that the language of love is universal: FACT: we went to our friends’ wedding this weekend. FACT: 90% of it (best man’s toast, emcee’s announcements, etc.) was in Russian. FACT: we understand but 5 words of Russian. FACT: we [basically] understood everything that was going on (at least the important parts). CONCLUSION: True love [...]
Just winding down from a fabulous weekend. (Feel free to jump straight to the photos of Mike & Nimi’s wedding.) Extravaganza Event #1: Karaoke Bachelor/ette Party Mike’s rendition of “Welcome to the Jungle” was accurate to the syllable; his artistic decision to stay true to both the spirit and the letter of the song both [...]
I had another “Weekend of Firsts.” And a very Christian one, at that. On Saturday, we were lucky enough to be invited to our friend’s Episcopal baptism (it was a great moment to share with her, and nice to see how at home she was in her new religion). First time attending a church service. [...]
