Archive for January, 2008

Essentials: Fair Trade Coffee, Brooklyn & Beyond

I was holed up today in Brooklyn, nursing my wounds from an unfortunate incident last night at Sotto Voce, an italian restaurant in Park Slope. (I highly recommend it, though I’m not welcome back and they no longer have a front door. Order to go, please!)
While fantasizing about the cappuccino I was too hobbled to [...]

Fred Thompson Said “Virgin”

Ewww. Here is the link to the snoozing Senator’s comment in last night’s Republican debate.

Beef Porn

From yesterday’s New York Times review of “Seymour Burton,” a fashionable Lower East Side eatery:
“… the patties, beefy and salty and made with meat from the fashionable and estimable Pat LaFrieda Wholesale Meats, had a crisp, grill-charred exterior and a moist, medium-rare middle that dripped fatty juice in the nooks and crannies of the Thomas’ [...]

Clinton’s New Strategy Plays Well in New Hampshire

america, don’t even try to fuck with me

My boss is awesome

So my day-job-boss at The Nation magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel, was invited to be the first guest on The Colbert Report tomorrow when they break the writers strike and go back on the air. As The Nation’s publicist I of course self-relieved from the excitement, high-fived myself in the mirror and immediately declared that she [...]

For Those About To Barack

Iowa, we salute you. With 86% of precincts reporting, CNN is calling Iowa Caucuses for Obama. Almost as exciting, they are calling the Republican Caucuses for Mike “Miracle Diet” Huckabee. It looks like all our hard work payed off.
America, you’re welcome.