Yup, I have returned to the blogosphere. I have no idea why my blog is getting any hits, given I haven’t posted since McSame was ahead of NObama in the polls. Nothing like a little global fuck-up to save the campaign a neophyte, self-serving jackass … but, as Sophia used to say … I digress …
I’ve just returned from a trip of Holy Obligation to the East Coast, and I must confess that I had a good trip overall. It didn’t exactly go the way I’d envisioned – and watching my mother fall into a store like Midori Ito fell into the camera pit at World’s during her short program years ago was high on the list of “not planned events.” (She’s okay. Just a Drama Queen.)
Highlights included the food. I ate some really, really wonderful food. Some of it was not cheap. Other food was *very* inexpensive – a little place on NYU’s Campus was yummy, and a steal for 2 people at under $20. Mixto in on Pine in Philadelaphia – Cubano/Colombiano Food – was good for both Brunch and Supper. Vallani on Spruce in Philadelphia – Spanish/Italian, for lack of a better description – was also amazingly good. Lima’s Taste on Christopher in NYC was absolutely delicious for me – Peruvian food (although, I must confess the paella a friend had was not up to the standard of the rest).
And, of course, there were the people … getting to meet Julio *finally* was a joy. Such a sweet, charming man. And dinner with Vince was fun – even when I embarassed myself by breaking into a full blown cursing-rant in Italian before remembering that Vincey grew up in Sicily. Oy.
And then there was the Mom Unit … and Ray … all the usual peeps.
DC got cancelled. That was a bummer.
The “low light” of the trip had to be the flight TO Philadelphia. I’m sorry, but children under the age of seven should NOT be allowed on red-eye flights. There were two with in a row in each direction, and the one in the seat behind me screamed for the first 90 minutes of the flight. I could have lived with that if it was not also *kicking* the back of my seat incessantly like a bronco at a rodeo.
I don’t blame the child. Parents who bring children that young onto flights should be electrocuted for the duration of the flight. Not fatally, of course, but just a low voltage to punish them for their crime.
And now I’m back … and earning my $$$$ per hour. Even though I did *mainly* necessary spending there (many things in PA are tax free, like clothing), I spent more than I’d planned. So, it’s time to be back in the black and make the big bucks so I can fly to Atlanta in 10 days.
Oh, did I mention that? Yeah … Ed has a date … in Atlanta …
(oy)
