Cerise and I slept in on Sunday, arising around nine for a breakfast of cage-free eggs Benedict, broiled organic giant pummelo with Barbados turbinado, home made miniature almond croissants, cappuccino and Taittinger mimosas with blood orange juice I squeezed with my own, bare hands. After that, we went back to bed. When we finally made… Continue reading Vive La Whizzers Grenouille
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Aunt Hillary’s Pancakes or Uncle Obama’s Rice?
Like most folks in DC, I didn’t have much work scheduled yesterday. I did go downtown to my office around three in the afternoon to meet with a couple of foreign clients, but not much else was going on. I had given my private secretary the day off, of course, and scheduled that single appointment… Continue reading Aunt Hillary’s Pancakes or Uncle Obama’s Rice?
And Another One Bites the Dust
About ten this morning, I met with an FBI agent bound for Sudan. He’s headed over there with some other FBI agents and FBI technicians to support a contingent of Department of State Security Agents investigating the untimely demise of a fellow named John Granville, an American and an employee of the US Government, who… Continue reading And Another One Bites the Dust
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dimes?
Cerise got two free tickets to last night’s performance of Christmas Carol 1941 at Arena Stage, so I agreed to meet her at Hogate’s for dinner before the theater. Now, Hogate’s is hardly the best seafood restaurant in Washington, but it’s not bad, it’s definitely an historic landmark, and besides, Hogate’s location, on Water Street,… Continue reading Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dimes?
Strange Bedfellows
Veronica’s arrival in early November was less eventful than I had expected, which was a considerable relief, to say the least. I had cleared everything with Cerise beforehand, and, when Veronica called me from Dulles Airport, announcing that she had arrived, I made a point of telling her to take a taxi to my place. … Continue reading Strange Bedfellows