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Skirt + you = flat stomach
August 29, 2007 – 8:38 AM | 16 Comments
Skirt + you = flat stomach

The triumphant return of the pumpkin spice latte means it’s time to start shopping for 1) fall clothes that 2) hide a gut. And by “a” I mean “my.” And I could not be more …

A shirt that speaks my truth; shoes that don’t
August 28, 2007 – 4:21 PM | 13 Comments

Reader jenster tipped me to an awesome tee from Threadless. YEAH, RAISINS! BEAT IT!
Also, I wanted these cuties from Aerosoles the moment I saw them on the cover of the catalog, but: wow, ouchy. Too …

Look upon my Roomba, ye mighties…and despair
August 23, 2007 – 11:15 AM | 69 Comments

Two things you might not know about Little Joe: 1) sometimes, when he’s startled, he jumps up and to the side with all four feet all Vanilla Joe “Stop! Collaborate and SPIDER!”; 2) other times, …

More odds than ends
August 2, 2007 – 8:19 AM | 2 Comments

…If you missed the last Guyz Nite show, I’m bummed for you; it was rad.Thankgodfully, you can attend the next one, this Friday August 3 at Don Hill’s (511 Greenwich at Spring in the 212).Even …

Still somewhat vacated
July 31, 2007 – 9:09 AM | 16 Comments

I would have updated more extensively yesterday, but Wing and I finally got a TV in our office and the time I’d planned to spend on an entry was devoted instead to staring at a …

Recs du jour
April 30, 2007 – 10:59 AM | 11 Comments
Recs du jour

To read: Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
To watch: The Trials of Darryl Hunt
To wear: MAC Splashproof Lash; Aerosoles …

Signs
April 11, 2007 – 9:07 AM | 16 Comments

On my block, there is a deli.It is not a good deli; the coffee is awful, the ice-cream “selection” is buried in a grimy chunk of Hoth, and between the lottery people, the OCD bacon-sandwich …

The jerk store called
April 3, 2007 – 1:13 PM | 27 Comments

It’s from an old-ish issue, but I just yesterday ran across Time Out New York‘s Con Ed Awards For Bad Service.   I think they went too easy on Duane Reade — zombies aren’t usually …

Give Me Groceries Or Give Me Death
March 11, 2007 – 7:39 PM | No Comment

Yesterday, I went to the grocery store.I don’t like to go to the grocery store, for several reasons.First, most ofthe other shoppers assume that nobody else in the store has anything better to do than …

The Vine: December 15, 2006
December 15, 2006 – 8:48 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
The letter from the reader asking for help to find the title of a book
they read as a kid made me think to ask your readers for help to hunt
down a book from my …