<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> Courtney asked me today how I'm doing with my 30 days. I said it's been kinda rough ... more than any other time I did this. It shouldn't be this hard at just 9 days. Maybe in a week or so I should be freakin' out. Like the last time...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> Tonight I went to hang out with Lisa for a while. I was supposed to go over there for dinner, but went to my sister's house to eat. By the time I got to Lisa's, I was stuffed to the brim. Still I promised her we'd get ice cream. So w...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> I actually asked myself earlier, "What harm would it be if I cut this down to say ten days?" Well ... I've been a bit on edge today thanks to the booze and nicotine deficit. I've been trying to harness this new nervous energy into so...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> While waiting for the bus tonight, I found another good example to cut back on the booze. I could hear this guy's drunken sandpaper voice speaking loudly, "When's the next bus! I can't wait to get home. I've been working out in the r...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> Jokingly it was suggested that I drink O'Doul's Non-Alcoholic Beer during my time off. I don't care enough for beer to drink a fake one. I'd rather wait for a real one. Eric once mentioned that this so-called non-alcoholic beer actua...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> OK the improved eating has not started yet. Nor has the improved sleep. I over slept this morning and, since the weather was so shitty, the little convenience store in my building had no whole wheat bagels. To be honest, they had no ...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> Things are going well so far although I have to confess to avoiding a potentially stressful night in a bar tonight. I was thinking today of something I did about two years ago in an effort to deter my potential drinking problem. I de...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> So here I am ... one day down ... 29 to go! Not that I thought this would be easy, but my good friend Lisa added a twist to this earlier. Just in jest I said, "Ya think I can cook with wine?" I make a mean steak with garlic and a ras...
<h2>Watch as my life spirals <em>into</em> control</h2> Lately I've been seriously concerned about my drinking. For health reasons, for financial reasons and for social reasons. My body is beat up. My bank account too. Socially ... well I've been forgetting details about encounters. Faces...
A new home for the annual celebrations. With the future of regular host club CBGB in question, the party needed to be moved to another classic area spot....
<h2>I need to vent here for a moment</h2> OK ... so it wasn't bad enough that I had to wait for the bus in the rain for 20 minutes today. When we pulled up to the last stop before the Lincoln Tunnel, a small group of Italian tourists tried to come aboard. They had to be explained the conc...
<h2>A very hard place to find, but worth the search</h2> This was my first time going to Table 50 and it is a very, very hard place to find, even if you have the address. If you go there, here's some advice because more than one person told me that they wandered past it before realizing w...
<h2>Complimentary lunch at upscale hotels, one of my favorite hobbies</h2> I just got back from a yummy lunch at the Paramount Hotel here in NYC. Oh it's good to have friends in the hotel biz. Michele Brown is their Transient Sales Manager (I love that title). She invited me and Liz Hartm...
<h2>They landed a sweet opening spot for Helmet</h2> It was a Tuesday, and a night that made the Hoboken scene proud....
<h2>Photos from the Artkore Open Mic @ The Goldhawk</h2>...
<h2>ArtKore.org Open Mic at the Goldhawk</h2> I had the pleasure of catching Lori Michaels with Linda Kramer. I was also psyched to see my friend Joy O'Meara read....
<h2>I didn't make that up ... it was on the invite</h2> My good friend Liz Hartman, Director of Events for Ava Lounge in NYC, invited me to the unveiling of their new caterer called Sebastians. Everything was simply amazing. I can't even remember everything I ate. Uniquely presented trays...