This is maybe my favorite picture of me and Dan, taken August 2009. Those little red wines cost $4 (as Dan is demonstrating) at a bar in Marina Del Rey, which made me very happy at the time. I still have that bottle on my dresser, having remembered to snag it even after going outside to kiss a man in a safari hat named Donny Debruno who had an affinity for my ‘ginger hair.’ But that’s really not the point… Happy Birthday, Dan! Hope there are more cheap drinks and fun nights at the beach in our future. 

This is maybe my favorite picture of me and Dan, taken August 2009. Those little red wines cost $4 (as Dan is demonstrating) at a bar in Marina Del Rey, which made me very happy at the time. I still have that bottle on my dresser, having remembered to snag it even after going outside to kiss a man in a safari hat named Donny Debruno who had an affinity for my ‘ginger hair.’ But that’s really not the point…
Happy Birthday, Dan! Hope there are more cheap drinks and fun nights at the beach in our future. 

fastcompany: I’m a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to convert people to eating fresh local grown produce is to show them that local fresh grown produce tastes better. Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, talk to Fast Company about how to create 4-star food experiences with lines around the block. Everything about this is goooood.

fastcompany:

I’m a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to convert people to eating fresh local grown produce is to show them that local fresh grown produce tastes better.

Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, talk to Fast Company about how to create 4-star food experiences with lines around the block.

Everything about this is goooood.

Walt Disney Concert Hall -> Rocket Pizza -> Bar 107 -> La Cita -> Ye Olde Taco House (#1) -> Perch.

And I only had to run into that guy from that OK Cupid date in Echo Park who I never talked to again 2.5 times! 

Hey, Downtown L.A.: Nice work.

(There were other people there I swear, I’ll just put their blurry/dark pictures up elsewhere …:))

“My Sixth seems to be yet another hard nut, one that our critics’ feeble little teeth cannot crack.” - Mahler.

“My Sixth seems to be yet another hard nut, one that our critics’ feeble little teeth cannot crack.” - Mahler.

Wanna meet 20 Korean men smoking cigarettes?

Come to the Griffith Park driving range, of course! Other previous sighting? A HAWK CATCHING A SNAKE FROM A TREE AND FLYING AWAY WITH IT 10 FEET ABOVE OUR HEADS. 

Always a good time hitting golf balls. 

They Might Be Giants - Saturday Night at UCLA

I have Orchestra seats for tomorrow’s show. They were 35 or 40 bucks. Anyone want to come with me…?
I’ve seen them live 20+ times, soooo I can always sell them and it won’t be too much of a loss for me. But it’ll be fun!!

Attempting to set a female world record for running a mile while hula hooping, I bought a hula hoop at Toys R Us, practiced my form in the backyard, went to Elysian Park for stamina training, and uploaded  5 minutes of video documentation. Check it out by clicking here. They get better than this one. 

I also exchanged emails with this woman today, who ran a 10k while hooping.
Yes, this is what happens when I’m unemployed too long. 
Enjoy my madness. 

Favorite scene from The Trip.

Gentlemen, to bed!

Just watched this. Please someone give me a job.

Just watched this.

Please someone give me a job.

What I Didn’t Watch

“Extremely Mawkish and Incredibly Annoying”
When I saw that Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock were starring together in a movie, I … bleccchh …and just hoped it didn’t involve a scooter gang. Then they introduced a precocious young boy! And thennnn, there go the towers. Throw in the unapologetically maudlin and sappy tearjerker of a too-perfect father’s death story and I was ready to pay not to see it. 

I love a good bad review, so I was happy to see David Denby give me even more reasons to stay home and save 16 ArcLight bucks. Yes, I’m delighting in putting down a movie I’ve never seen. No, I don’t care. The trailer alone with that old man and the Yes/No hands sends me running. 

Favorite review quotes:

“As he rushes across a bridge, or through the streets, he shakes a tambourine to ward off terror, which is funny and touching exactly once.”

“After a while, we find ourselves thinking not of grief but of entitled kids who have been praised for every bright remark they’ve ever made.”

“When Oskar starts to play the messages on the machine for the old man, he signals the boy to stop—after all, Thomas Schell is his son. He wants the boy to shut up, and, with all the sympathy in the world, the audience may wish the same.”

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