I don’t want to go into too much detail but I once worked at a company like McMann & Tate on the old “Bewitched” sitcom. The Larry Tate character was my frenemy. He’s actually somewhat famous (this real-life former boss) and very mercurial. When he got hired (he didn’t own the firm) he brought in a lot of cronyism, so…

My husband had the same reaction. The first shot was tiring, so he was a little worried about what the second shot would do, but it did nothing for some reason. Everything about this virus and the vaccines is so bizarre. I hope medical professionals are at least learning a lot from this.

What was surprising about seeing it on the menu was this was at a somewhat trendy new spot in Chelsea or Flatiron, I forget where. Maybe they were being ironic or throw-backish, I don’t know. What also surprised me is that I knew what it was, but I can’t remember ever having it, but I must have at some point.

Have you ever made a lemon icebox cake? Those are easy and so delicious. I’m going to make a simple lemon pound cake tomorrow or at some point soon.

We’re both planning to work until we’re physically or mentally incapacitated because we enjoy our work and we both work in very niche fields. The fact that we both work from home (this started long before the pandemic) makes this even more plausible. We might “retire” in the sense that we’ll move somewhere else, maybe…

I don’t think he is a Republican as much as he is instinctively deeply, deeply Centrist. He used to be much more distrustful of change and aided and abetted having a divided Legislative chamber to “work with”/control. Now every other day seems to bring some new revelation that is harmful to him, and to make matters…

Not only did I wear an onion on my belt, but I wore a necklace made of garlic because it was known that the town’s vampire would descend from his castle on the hill on nights when the moon was full. Or maybe that was the town’s werewolf. It was so long ago since I left the village.

I’m going to go full Grandpa Simpson. I was born at the tail end of the Baby Boom. On the first day of kindergarten the entering class would line up outside the elementary school gymnasium and be given a full set of vaccinations. There were no exemptions for this and it was free and mandatory. No one resisted. Why?…

I think it’s common in most of Asia. I was freelancing in an office for years and in my department there were three mothers, one a native of Hong Kong, one a native of Vietnam, and one from mainland China. As mothers their kids were often bringing home colds and on would go the masks. I started freelancing there a…

I feel so sorry for his parents. They seem like a lovely couple, more than capable of responsible parenting, and with their money...Chet Hanks is a 30-year-old father. Is 30 the new 12? 

Exactly. What about trafficking a minor in from a foreign country and shacking up with him?

Off-topic, but has anyone else lost the ability to star comments? Is this the latest Herb Spamfellow “upgrade”?

Yeah, Trump is definitely drifting into Howard Hughes territory. I wonder if Mel has any family recipes for “herbal supplements” to hasten him along on his journey. 

Good memory!

They may be going the way of coal-fired residential ovens. Mayor de Blasio, whom no one listens to, promised to end gas hookups in new construction starting in 2030. His Mayoralty comes to an end on Jan 1, 2022. But it is a trend, SF and Berkeley did it, and some places in the northeast.

You should go if you ever get the chance. Monte Carlo is basically two steep hills separated by a sea-level area. On one of the hills is the famous casino and the historic Café de Paris, if it managed to survive the covid lockdowns. On the other hill is the palace and nearby the Oceanographic Museum, which is…

If you’ve ever been to Monaco, especially Monte Carlo, you’ll notice that they have a Hong Kong-level concentration of high-rise residential buildings and two harbors packed with thousands of boats. And yet, the streets are eerily empty, except for day-tripping tourists. Why? Because it’s a “country” (a principality)…

Matthew is not my real name, but I have a first name that lends itself to many nicknames. IRL my equivalent to Mattie is what—imagine my name was Matthew. Starting when I was in junior high school I started going by Matt. But I have relatives who knew me as a child and they call me “Mattie,” out of habit. When I got…

This is from City&State, which is a serious, non-partisan, and rightfully feared news source:

It never happened. I’ve been in NYC for decades and never left. I wonder if this was around the time that Dr. Fauci was on TV assuring us that masks were unnecessary and Mayor de Blasio was urging us to go out for one “last hurrah” the night before the first lockdown PAUSE took effect. Speaking of that, there was…