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The LA Guy

The LA Guy

Date: September 2005
How we met: You guessed it! I'm back on JDate
Previous flirtations: Emails, phone
What we did:
The LA Guy and I planned to meet up in the North End for a drink. (For those not familiar with Boston, the North End is replete with "cute little Italian places." Yay!) I was a little apprehensive about this date, as LA Guy was coming on a bit strong. He had taken ...

Don’t Call It A Comeback, And Other Barmy Brainworks

Don’t Call It A Comeback, And Other Barmy Brainworks

Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear

-James Todd Smith
aka. LL Cool J

- In case you were wondering, the question on blog-flirting stemmed from The Girlfriend googling me, and noticing a comment I made on Vespertine's blog. See, to me, what I wrote was playful banter...trying (and failing miserably) to be witty. In reality, I did not want, nor expect, a picture ...

Book Update, Part III: Recipe Testing

Book Update, Part III: Recipe Testing

This is the third episode of my Book Update series, in which I share the ins and outs of writing a cookbook -- or at least the way I'm tackling it. (You can read the first two parts about The Book Deal and The Recipes.)

Back in late July, when the sun was shining bright and the air was crisp with elation and hope and the workmen had not yet adorned the facade ...

Book Update, Part III: Recipe Testing

Book Update, Part III: Recipe Testing

This is the third episode of my Book Update series, in which I share the ins and outs of writing a cookbook -- or at least the way I'm tackling it. (You can read the first two parts about The Book Deal and The Recipes.)

Back in late July, when the sun was shining bright and the air was crisp with elation and hope and the workmen had not yet adorned the facade of my building with an ugly ...

Hot Chocolate - Love Potion #1 in Winter

Hot Chocolate - Love Potion #1 in Winter

Chocolate... this word evoques such wonderful old memories - family holidays, mom's chocolate cakes and chocolate chip cookies on Sundays... But it turns out that in the adult world this dessert has so much more to it! Did you know that chocolate is also known as a perfect seduction product?

The State of the Fashion Union

The State of the Fashion Union

Well, in case you've been under a rock, or super busy (hey, that's my excuse!) the Paris Fashion Week for Spring 2006 has just ended, and "The State of the Fashion Union" have spoken.

What is the Fashion Union? It's a group of fashion bloggers, commenting and posting their views and comments about Fashion Week, fashion designs, designers and the concept of fashion as it happens. In real time. No more waiting endless months to see the latest in ...

Weekend Link Love: Jan. 27

Here's an ad for Village Voice personals. I have a feeling it'll only convince people that personals are for whack-jobs. It is funny, though.Jdaters Anonymous has a long discussion going in comments section about Friends with Benefits. I kind of disagree with everyone in that one. Too much confusing love and sex if you ask me. And the obvious answer is that these relationships don't progress

Dining Out - Kitchen for an Open Plan Space

Dining Out - Kitchen for an Open Plan Space

This is the kitchen in my office, believe it or not. It is based on the Empire State Diner in New York. My builders built it from formica fronted wood from a picture we found on the web.

It is full of retro gadgets from my web site and has a curved bar, inside, to dine from. Needless to say, the staff love it.

You can use this idea to separate a kitchen area ...

Dinner Ramblings

It took long time to persuade myself to charge my friends $50 for dinner next weekend. After all, if someone invited me to their place but told me that I’d have to pay that much, I would really have to be convinced that it was going to be worth it.

Dinner Ramblings

It took long time to persuade myself to charge my friends $50 for dinner next weekend. After all, if someone invited me to their place but told me that I’d have to pay that much, I would really have to be convinced that it was going to be worth it.

The day after..

The day after..

The Zinc magazine shoot probaby won't be a go. We just didn't have time to finish all the looks planned and to tell you the truth. I'm exhausted. Ten hours later and we only finished 3 looks. How can that be? Even with all the planning and design done before hand, a great model, a great photographer and an even better makeup assistant, avant garde makeup is just that, hard! Oh well, maybe there's a few more images ...

How to Reduce Stress

by: Anna Brandy
The truth is you may not always be able to eliminate or reduce stress completely. Our lives are filled with potential threats thus stress is inevitable. If you can’t always reduce it, then at best you can reduce what you can and learn to live with what you cannot eliminate. You are capable of minimizing the magnitude of the stressful reaction upon the body. You must evaluate your life as it is. If you are feeling stressed ...

Men Run Away From Positive Relationships!?

Men Run Away From Positive Relationships!?

Several days ago I met a friend of mine for a cup of coffee and a casual “what’s-new” talk, which occurs every other week. Andrew belongs to this young and successful townie type: stylish, good-looking, witty. He works for a good company and in his twenty-something

The Idea Behind Dieting - Real Facts

The Idea Behind Dieting - Real  Facts

Let's imagine that you are overweight and you would like to lose several excess pounds. To lose 1 pound of fat, what you have to do is burn off ...



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