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Monthly Archives: November 2010
California Goes From Gimbels To Lohan
Monday Wall Street Journal op-ed piece: California: The Lindsay Lohan of States Lede: Listen up, California. The other 48 states—your cousin New York excluded—are sick of your bratty arrogance. You’re the Lindsay Lohan of states: a prima donna who once … Continue reading
Somewhere Over The Atlantic Ocean . . .
I’m reading a shattering piece in the November Atlantic headlined “The Last Patrol,” story and photographs by Brian Mockenhaupt. The article’s tag says: Brian Mockenhaupt, a former infantryman, is a writer in Detroit. Make that, a helluva writer. Here’s the … Continue reading
What’s Better/Worse In London From Twenty Years Ago
The London Underground Better Upgraded cars, stations Worse £4 single rides Simpson’s-in-the-Strand Better The food Worse The dress British House of Commons Better No Gordon Brown Worse No cries of “reading!” when MPs are, well, reading CCTV Better More cameras! … Continue reading
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Tagged British House of Commons, CCTV, London Underground, Simpson's-in-the-Strand
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Cezanne’s Card Players
Hidden gem alert: The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House in London. On view now is the exhibit “Cezzane’s Card Players,” which assembles all but two of Paul Cezanne’s studies and finished works of what many think is his greatest painting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Card players, Cezanne, Courtauld Gallery, Derain, Diaghelev, Dufy, Matisse, Somerset House, V&A, Vlaminck
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When A Man Is Tired Of London
It’s been 15 years since I was last in London. But here I am, sitting on a bench alongside the Thames with Big Ben, Big Ferris Wheel, and Waterloo Bridge to my right, the National Theatre directly across from me. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Big Ben, Dr. Johnson, London, NatIonal Theatre, Pravda, Waterloo Bridge
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WSJ/NYT Op-Ed Gingrich Smackdown!
Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times each featured a Newt Gingrichabilia op-ed, to very different effect. Exhibit A: The WSJ op-ed from former George W. Bush press secretary Ari “You Talkin’ to Me?” Flesicher. Nut graf: Having served … Continue reading
“Let Tim Smoke”
That’s exactly what San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum did in the World Serious, although the slogan actually refers to Lincecum’s pot bust last year, as New York Times reporter Tyler Kepner has noted: Lincecum dresses in the space that … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, Roger Angell, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Kepner, World Serious
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How About Them Jints? (World Serious Champion Edition)
The lovably misfit San Francisco Giants, the postseason team least likely to win the World Serious, did just that Monday night. In the process, they once again (after cuffing him around in Game 1) made Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee look … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wilson, Cliff Lee, Edgar Renteria, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Tim Lincecum, World Serious
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Yvonne Abraham Channels Gail Collins
Saturday New York Times column from Gail Collins: Name That Candidate The end of an election season is always thick with regrets. Do you think Meg Whitman is contemplating all the other things she could have done with $141 million? … Continue reading
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