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TV Question Qorner: America’s Next Top Plimpton, clowns hold YSL hostage, and more
March 30, 2009 – 11:41 PM | 23 Comments
TV Question Qorner: <I>America’s Next Top Plimpton</I>, clowns hold YSL hostage, and more

Making the Band 4. I have a lot of questions, most of them concerning that hottest-of-messes white fur vest Diddy keeps showing up in. The man is a style icon; that is a fugly garment …

Support Local Biz: February 4, 2009
February 4, 2009 – 11:37 AM | 5 Comments
Support Local Biz: February 4, 2009

My latest 90210 recap is up on SOAPnet.com.   “Weezy”?   Really, writers?
Also, in case you don’t plan to fly US Airways in the near future, you can read my Brooklyn piece in the in-flight …

Giving new meaning to the term “field trip”
February 3, 2009 – 9:16 PM | 57 Comments
Giving new meaning to the term “field trip”

It is on at last, friends.   I apologize for the delay, but now, without further ado, I invite you to join me on a tour of Washington, DC’s finest sights:
Friday 13 March 2009
Monuments!
Photo ops!
A …

Support Local Business: The Kites play King Killer
January 29, 2009 – 9:10 AM | No Comment
Support Local Business: The Kites play King Killer

Please join me at King Killer Studios on Saturday January 31 for a show by The Kites (the handsome peeps above).   Their punishing metal riffs…no, wait, they’re a folk trio, but Nat can probably …

Nikolupdate: A word from Captain Sunbeam
January 13, 2009 – 2:57 PM | 24 Comments
Nikolupdate: A word from Captain Sunbeam

Awww.   The tsar is doing very well; his thyroid is back to functioning at normal levels, and he’s even put on some weight.   Thanks for the update, Leila and Matt.

Update: Nate The Christmas Kitty Finds A Home
January 7, 2009 – 1:00 AM | 18 Comments
Update: Nate The Christmas Kitty Finds A Home

From our faithful cat-placement correspondent Nacho:
Nate went to his new family on Friday.   Like the ridiculously perfect kitty heis, he didn’t even make a chirp during the car ride.   (He doesn’t meow; hechirps.) …

Support Local Business: December 16, 2008
December 16, 2008 – 6:04 PM | 38 Comments
Support Local Business: December 16, 2008

Just a few notes and comments to take our minds off evil little troll moles that THINK they can step up to Dr. Robinson, AND WILL REGRET IT FOREVER…
Reader Shonda, who’s based in Philly, has …

Support Local Biz: December 7, 2008
December 7, 2008 – 8:27 PM | 2 Comments
Support Local Biz: December 7, 2008

First up, Ruth and Esther’s Egg Nog Revue, presented by Friend Of TN Mark Blankenship: “Everybody’s favorite southern belles return to Ars Nova to spread some BullsGap, Tennessee holiday cheer. Scandalous single gal Ruth (Marya …

Support Local Biz: November 29, 2008
November 29, 2008 – 1:53 PM | 90 Comments
Support Local Biz: November 29, 2008

I worked with John Grady a few years ago when he played Captain Patterson in the FGM.   You can catch him in the upcoming Ian McShane project Kings, and in a short called Doga …

Six degrees of detonation
November 24, 2008 – 12:11 PM | 38 Comments
Six degrees of detonation

Sarah: “Check it out, you know that girl that I yelled out about at the movie this afternoon?”
Skyrockets: “The girl you…right.   …Wait, no.”
Sarah: “During the credits, when I yelled out ‘MARIA DIZZIA!’ You know…her?”
Skyrockets: …