One half of this dang blog is supposed to be about booze, so I figured it was time to chime in on my own for the first time about a wine I’ve loved for many years. I used it to toast my final hours of summer and you should, too. Whatever your thoughts on Riesling are, this one is worth trying…. View Post
Not that you asked.
#NotAnAd Back in the blogging heyday before the bubble burst and we all talked to each other in comments and were humans, not sponsored robots, there was this habit of flatteringly asking each other what we “used on our faces”—a question I was never hassled with, which always sort of cracked me up. I get it; I’m beat. And not… View Post
Depositions for dummies.
At the end of April this year, I made a final trek out to the boondocks to visit the lawyer’s office—which was coincidentally in the office park adjacent to the one where I went to get my junk zapped with laser hair removal. Go figure. I’ve never driven to that part of Richmond, like ever, and all of a sudden I’m… View Post
My brand new third hand.
[I broke a cardinal, and I like it. Alexander Wang Brenda Camera Bag, Shopbop.] Anyone who spends any extended period of time with me knows I’m firmly anti-purse. I mean, don’t get me wrong, they’re beautiful and I wish I could afford a zillion of them—mostly I’m hung up on old dogs like that YSL horn handle bag or the… View Post
Pray(ed) for peace.
[Above: Ephesus, the ruins of the library. This place left more of a mark on me than any other place I’ve ever been.] Psst: song embedded below. Get on that smooth listenin’. I’ve always looked back on the short time I spent in Turkey as a total game-changer for me. I fell in love with the place and the people—right… View Post


