Archive for February, 2008

How We Do Breakfast

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

I haven’t always been “a breakfast person”. But apparently I am now. Actually, it’s kind of gotten out of control.

A typical Saturday morning in Somerville.
Last year it took us about an hour to make our breakfasts: now we’ve got the routine down to twenty-five minutes. You should come over some time, and gain five pounds [...]

The Tanning Booth

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

I had always figured that all tanning salons were created equal.
There’s a dingy waiting room, right — with two folding chairs. There’s the crinkly red/brown receptionist: hair dyed platinum blonde, lips thick with Malibu Barbie lipstick. There will be piles of Cosmopolitan and Racing Cars magazines, all dog-eared, none of them more recent than three [...]

New Project . . . in Photo Booth

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I was very nearly about to join the Nameless Blog Challenge: I had written out my comment, with my link and solemn oath to post every day. Thankfully I realized it just in time: wait, you’ve done that before. And it did not make for publishable material — which is too bad, because it was [...]