One man’s completely idiosyncratic, entirely personal, possibly not even defensible list of the best of 2010: 1.) Michael Bloomberg‘s strirring, eloquent defense of Freedom of Religion generally and of an Islamic Community Center (not mosque) in Lower Manhattan (not Ground Zero). 2.) Writing about the Disunion Crisis for The New York Times 3.) Dinner in …
Was it a preview of a return to child-free late middle age? Hard to say for sure, but Ginny and I had a good time Sunday in Manhattan. First we had a leisurely stroll up Fifth Avenue for a tour of the Big Street’s holiday decorations (nice flags outside Cartier’s, nicer rocks inside), and then …
Hot Dining! Hot Dancing! Hot Dames! Cathy, Jo, Ginny and Susan shimmy with the pulchritudinous belly dancer Evangelia at Santorini in Tarrytown last night.
My friend Howard Samuels was the recipient of the 2010 Hollywood Arts Inspiration Award last Saturday night in Los Angeles. Congratulations, Howard! Well done!
The internet is a funny and amazing thing. Last year, fooling around on one of those that finds people, I typed in my own name, and discovered the existence of another Jamie Malanowski. I found this surprising, since Malanowski is not a particularly common name; my father was one of ten sons, and so far …
Our old dog Vicki has been spending a lot of time on the lawn by herself. She did this a bit over the summer, but not this much, and never in her younger years. It’s an awfully nice day here, and we have a canine house guest that Vicki can’t stand. But we’re concerned that …
My cousin Stephanie Bauman sent this to me. It’s a kind of a test (an ungraded one) that evaluates if you’re really from Baltimore (or, to be more precise, if you’re really from Baltimore and from a certain era–mostly the 1950s and 1960s.) You could only buy a Volvo from Michaelson Motors on Reisterstown Rd, …