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Mar, 2006
Tito Puentwurst Mein Furor
German food and bar hopping in Hoboken
We started our night with a little red wine. Lisa made fun the small juice glasses I always use for serving wine. I have proper stemmed ones but I'm haunted by this nagging fear of them falling over. Having been around several clumsy people and clumsy cats in my life has made me skittish…
Mar-25-2006 | eat & drink
St. Patrick's Day 2006
It's about more than the green beer and corned beef
I know that this will fall upon the ears of my fellow Irish Americans as sacrilege, but I have never really been a fan of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. The hordes of amateur fake Irish with painted faces drinking green beer and getting the words wrong to songs never really appealed to me.
Mar-17-2006 | eat & drink
I Quit My Job on Monday…
Getting it thru my head, I simply can't deal with Corporate America
By Tuesday morning they asked, "If we pay you thru Friday, would you mind leaving today?" Yeah, that really took some thought on my part. Here's a bit of my sorted history…
Mar-10-2006 | business
My Hachette Emancipation Celebration
A night with friends, saying goodbye to hell
When I was planning my finale happy hour, I had no idea Hachette would actually ask me to leave on Tuesday instead of working thru the end of the week. I had already planned on Thursday being the date of what I began to call my emancipation celebration…
Mar-09-2006 | eat & drink
Neil Young's Heart of Disappointment
Thankfully sneaking in to see The Matador saved the day
I love Neil Young, but this film does not do him justice. Sure it started out with a few cool interviews which gave us some insight on his life, the aneurysm that nearly killed him and the death of his father. I had hoped these would pepper the film. Instead it went straight into a performance of his entire new album…
Mar-06-2006 | film & video
The Flu and Thinking Clearly
I know it sounds like a contradiction but it worked for me
Being laid up with a fever may not be the best way to think thru life's problems but it was just the forced vacation I needed. The time allowed me to do nothing but think. And though I still have not made that final decision, I'm pretty sure I know what it will be.