My Tribe and I have some scary adventures on the horizon this All Hallow’s Eve that venture to take us to The Promised Land party in Bushwick (I’m afraid the scary part of that plan is Bushwick, sorry Sara!). Last year was a much more civilized affair, dinner at Otto with Madame X, Angelina Jolie [...]
Archive for October, 2008
October 30th, 2008
Tomato Talk: “Summer’s Sunset” Fruit
Artichoke-Tomato “Marmalade” (serves a crowd)
• 1 TB Sea Salt
• 10 Artichokes
• 2 Lemons (cut in half)
• 1 TB Black Peppercorn
• 3 TB Olive Oil
• 3 Yellow Onions (chopped)
• 12 Garlic Cloves (diced)
• [...]
October 29th, 2008
Caprese Tomato “Boats”
Caprese Tomato “Boats” (serves 4)
• 10 Perfect Plum Tomatoes• 2 Pork Sausages (half sweet fennel & half hot Italian)• 1 ball Buffalo Mozzarella• 1 wedge Parmigiano-Reggiano• 1 pinch Chili Flakes• 1 clove Garlic• 1 [...]
October 29th, 2008
Nini’s Wedding, by Kimberly and Celest
Kimberly: This has been a summer for weddings! Andrew and Carl, my neighbors back in Buff, and then the season culminated with Nini’s Beverly Hills bash.
Celest: I love weddings, and I never understand people who complain about being invited to too many of them.
Kimberly: And by “people” do you mean Erin?
Celest: Of course not. That girl could [...]
October 28th, 2008
A Good Day for L.A., by Celest
The next day, Kimberly and I awoke a little hung over, which was the perfect state in which to find ourselves since, on TV, Andrea Mitchell was announcing that John McCain had just picked an unknown governor of Alaska, with a bouffant hairstyle, to serve as his running mate. We marveled, horrified, then headed to [...]
October 27th, 2008
Hwy 1 is Fun, Fun, Fun, by Celest
Renting a Prius to drive the California coast just seemed like the right move. As a sanctimonious New Yorker, I love being able to exclude myself from the guilt I associate with the driving culture of the rest of the country. So renting a hybrid for a week of joy riding on the west [...]
October 24th, 2008
San Fran-Fucking-Cisco
I love San Francisco. I feel like I could live there. If I didn’t already live in the greatest city on the planet, a move might be imminent. As is, I give myself five years before the lure of The West is too profound to ignore. Ideally, I’d be bi-coastal.
The thing is, I’ve never lived [...]
October 21st, 2008
Faux-toberfest
The last time I “oompah pah”-ed was in my middle school production of Oliver! I was awkward, prepubescent, decked out in a grey, eighteenth-century, itchy costume, and enthusiastically drinking air out of a fake mug. Ah, my days on the stage…
Recently, I was invited to an “adult” Oktoberfest (one of my favorite seasonal celebrations!) and [...]
October 14th, 2008
State Street is not a Great Street, by Sara
I spent this past summer in Chicago. I subleted a studio apartment near the lake and figured I’d pass the time alternately reading, writing and exploring the city. I was raised in its suburbs, but because I spent most of my teen years in a roadside Denny’s memorizing “Rent” lyrics while simultaneously indulging my eating [...]
October 5th, 2008
Benoit: Good Night and Good Luck, by Celest
I knew a kid in high school whose last name was “Benoit.” First name Rick. Ricky Benoit. In Dallas, Texas, that French, foreign last name made him seem VERY sophisticated to me. I’ve since learned that French doesn’t always equate to “fabulous,” but France often does.
Alain Ducasse’s newish Manhattan brasserie, Benoit, has suffered through some [...]
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