We had a fine, fine time at the SFWA mill-and-swill last night, saw tons of great people. But what we appreciated most about the evening was that when we got back to our hotel—not even drunk!—and found that room service wasn't answering its phone even though
We knew that Friday, May 30, as another long travel day, was going to suck. We just didn't know yet how badly it was going to suck. Over dinner the evening before, Ra'ed had broken the news to us that there would be yet another change
Not a huge sightseeing day yesterday. I spent some of the morning writing in the hotel room, working on a new story titled "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys." In the afternoon I wandered around St. Julian's, collecting such supplies as bottled water (a must, they say)
Going home to New York City is as comfortable as slipping on an old shoe. I flew there Tuesday afternoon with just a backpack and the parka on my back, and I was immediately at ease and confident in a way I don't yet feel in Chicago. The
We thought we could beat the thunderstorms. That is why last Monday evening I walked thirty minutes to a showing of Live Free or Die Hard, while █████ biked to Pipers Alley to meet up with the running group she was attending for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed my movie,
When last we checked in with Ali El Sayed at Kabab Cafe in Astoria, he was papering the doors and getting ready to light out for Egypt. We're pleased to hear, via ❦rajankhanna and the New York Times, that he's back in town and back in
Last night was the end of an era. It was by only the most fortuitous of chances that we were there for it. █████ and I had taken ❦curmudgeon to the incomparable Kabab Cafe before, to be entertained, charmed, and provoked by our friend Ali El Sayed's patter and
Looks like Ali is in need of a new sous chef: http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/ret/202719551.html If you've been putting off that move to Gotham, now's your chance!
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