saying good-bye to my books
I’ve been emptying out my apartment for weeks now, but it didn’t really start to feel empty till I sold my bookshelves…
I’ve been emptying out my apartment for weeks now, but it didn’t really start to feel empty till I sold my bookshelves…
No posting today. Too much festiviting. Regular programming resumes tomorrow.
In anticipation of my flying out of New York and returning who-knows-when, I invite any and all to join me for drinks and generally revelry somewhere in Manhattan on Saturday, January 15.
I was just at the point, this morning, of confirming my reservation to fly out of New York to London on Tuesday, January 18, when the British Airways Web site crashed — it’s apparently under heavy load from everyone whose travel got disrupted by the snow in England trying to rebook, or get information, or whatever. Gah!
…at least in this piece just up over at ABC News’ Web site, where I get to be all experty and stuff. Enjoy.
Emily Penfield, formerly — perhaps still — of Garland, Texas? If you see this, Emily, please email me.
Whether or not I win that British Airways contest — you can continue to vote once per day for me through the end of this week — I am going to London… and I don’t know when or even if I’m coming back…
We had a small but lively group drinking and yakking at the Algonquin Hotel lobby bar and then The Long Room pub, both in Manhattan’s theater district…
…of near coulda-been disasters — a gas leak in my building that had been ongoing for at least 12 hours, probably more like 18 or 24 — and then, after the firemen and police finally left late this morning, an Internet outage.
You asked for a way to talk amongst yourselves more formally, so here it is: FlickFilosopher: The Forum! Yes, with an official exclamation point and everything. But there are a few catches…