I'm not a foodie.

So B~Lo will fill in the details.

Todays Song: Closer to Fine, Indigo Girls

My nephew.

Crypto at the Country Club.

Surprisingly, Lagoon A Beach was clean.

Happy Pioneer Day.

A commemorative settlement. In Farmington.

From Les:

Song: Round Here, Counting Crows

24th of July

The campers are set up and the cameras are setting up.

Summer is more than half way over.

Ugh.

Your thoughts on this, please.

Butler worn jeans.

I want to know how one gets to be a "butler"?

Today's Song: Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse, Minus the Bear

Oscar.

Making Music Work For Me

I found this blog topic here. The deal is it's a survey to create the soundtrack of your life by filling in songs for each category. Pretty tall order, right? I mean the average person could go crazy trying to find the perfect song for each category by culling from the whole of their life experience. So, to accomplish this feat, I gave myself two rules: (1) I had to do it within one hour, and (2) I could only use songs I actually have in my music collection. I hope you'll fill out the survey on your blog (and link to it in the comments) or just fill it out in the comments. And do it anonymously if it means you'll do it.

Opening Credit: An Actor's Life, Dave Grusin

Waking Up: Keep on Movin', 5ive

Average Day: You Get What You Give, New Radicals

First Date: Lovin Each Day, Ronin Keating

Falling in Love: You Move Me, Garth Brooks

Love Scene: Love to Be Loved, Peter Gabriel

Fight Scene: Numb, Linkin Park

Breaking Up: You Could Be Happy, Snow Patrol

Getting Back Together: Stay Forever, Hal Ketchum

Secret Love: Cherish, The Association

Life's Okay: Lovely Day, Bill Withers

Mental Breakdown: Have You Seen Me Lately (Live), Counting Crows

Driving: Babylon, David Gray

Learning a Lesson: Both Sides Now (Remastered), Joni Mitchell

Deep Thought: Stuck In A Moment (Acoustic), U2

Flashback: Come On, Come On, Mary Chapin-Carpenter

Partying: Brandy, Looking Glass (I firmly believe that regardless of singing talent, everyone should have a signature song for karaoke. This is mine.)

Happy Dance: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Talking Heads (My really happy dance is just me moving my shoulders in time to this beat.)

Regretting: Breathe Me, Sia

Long Night Alone: High Life, Counting Crows

Death Scene: He's So Shy, Pointer Sisters (I decided a couple years ago I want this played at my funeral. I'm putting that direction in my will.)

Closing Credits: Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters, Elton John

Your turn.

I loved this shirt.

Song: Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond

Water Taxi

To Logan airport.

I <3 Boston after all.

Song: Boston, Augustana

Quack quack

Stella gives the best gifts.

The only guidebook I'll ever need.

Song: Girls, Beastie Boys

JENI! TOM!

Why is your baby unattended.

Lunch

$36.95

Song: Shaking The Tree, Peter Gabriel

Good morning.

The gentleman there is playing a saxophone.

Idyllic.

Song: City of New Orleans, Willie Nelson

For my friend Slcup.

Yes.

Song: Send Me On My Way

The Anxiety.

Song: Without You, Harry Nilsson

Mr @ Mrs Wilson

Discount shopping

at Century 21. The only thing Jedd wanted to do. No joke.

I call these "pajamas".

Song: Help, Beatles

Scene

SoHo loft.

Photographer: okay Chloe, do something weird.

Chloe: Like this.

Photographer: No. Weirder. That's why we hired you.

Song: Moby

Frere Jaques

For Jen and Tom

Song: everbodys working for the weekend, loverboy

If I were a food blogger.

Song: Moon River, Harry Mancini

Yes, Stella there is UNDISCLOSED vodka in the bloody Mary oyster
shooter. But don't worry about that because I got you the fancy salt.

A suburb

with mainly views of East River.

Song: Heavy Metal Drummer, Wilco (extra ticket avaiable).

Oyster Bar

for dinner.

Song: King for a Day, XTC

Take my word

those white spots are Do Not Disturb Signs.

Song: Skinny Love, Bon Iver

Taking a Breather

Yes, Susie. This is not a Marriott. But my jukebox is playing all my
songs.

Song: I Kissed A Girl; Katy Perry

Several people

have asked, and the answer is "Well, maybe." I've looked into Etsy
shop, but maybe I don't want my life on your wall.

Song: Things that make you go hmmm, C & C Music Factory

Patios in New York

are the roofs of other buildings.

Song: Out of Habit, Ani DiFranco

Glamourous Bath

Its shared with my hotel floor.

Song: Praise You, [don't remember; song is actually playing on
overhead speakers in shared bathroom] Prize from NYC to who[m]ever
names it first in comments.

New York Minute.

Song: Don Henley

Dinner

Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station? Its been a long time coming.

Song: How We Go Out, Leslie Hall

Daily Style

McClures spicy dill pickle spears. $11.99 a bottle and worth every
penny. When the pickles are gone, I put carrots in the brine. When
those are gone, I use the brine in bloody Mary mix and to make
vinaigrette dressing. As for style, I love the graphics and font on
the label.

Song: I Just Dont Know What to do with Myself, Dusty Springfield

Gratuitous.

Song: True, Spandau Ballet

First Purchase

Ben Sherman Union Jack tie. $20.

I remember

something about Eleanor Roosevelt, Will Arnett and Cynthia Nixon.

Song: You Get What You Give, New Radicals

Isn't this where

Sally dropped off Harry?

Next stop Uniqlo for shorts. My jeans are melting to my legs.

Song: Woman in Chains, Tears for Fears (feat Oleta Adams)

Hotel Gansvoort

Rooftop pool. Non-guests of hotel can pay $250 for pool entrance.
Includes a spa service, sunscreens, magazines, and Popsicles.

Song: Sunshine on my Shoulders, John Denver

If I were a food blogger.

Balthazar.

Cafe Americain.

Eggs en cocotte. Eggs, cream, thyme baked in ramekin with soldiers.

Delicious.

Song: Chelsea (live), Counting Crows

Advisory

For those packing for a weekend trip to NYC/BOS, please be advised:

YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT IN NYC.

Today's Song: Under Pressure [Rah Mix], David Bowie/Queen

Todays Song: No Sex for Ben, The Rapture

Lifeguard J

Todays Song: If I Had A Million Dollars, Barenaked Ladies

This Little Piggy

For DeeDee.

Friday Five (on Thursday)

(Ed. Note: This is a new weekly feature.)

Five Things I Genuinely Enjoy About 4th of July:

1. Families that purchase and wear the annual Old Navy Flag t-shirt. To mark the holiday. Though it's not a tradition I would embrace, I like that plenty do.

2. Driving up I-15 and seeing large firework displays from the car.

3. Crowded swimming pools.

4. Listening to Aimee Mann's "4th of July".

5. Catching candy tossed from floats in small town parades.

Today's Song: Sister Christian, Night Ranger

I Had Them First!

I beat Asshole Simpson to them!



I knew it was just a matter of time until they showed up on some Hollywood douche.

So, now I can talk about why we need Obama to defeat McCain or I can talk about those glasses. Let me do a self check on the depth of my intellect. Right. Not deep. So the glasses. I bought them at Bloomingdales at South Coast Plaza. I'd never seen anything like them. They're classic Wayfarers. But clear. And black. They have the most unusual gradient lens I've ever seen on a pair of Ray Bans. So I bought them on the spot as a birthday present in May. And all through NYC and my other travels, I searched for them in stores. You know, to see if they were common. Never saw them. I truly thought that maybe I'd found the only pair. And I was stoked. B-lo, after walking the streets of SoHo with me and noticing seasoned, stylish New Yorkers admiring them, and after hearing young lifeguards comment on how "sick" and "wicked" they are, gave me this advice: "Wear them everywhere for as long as you can. Never take them off. Because someone might find a pair, but there will be no question that you had them first." Good advice, right?

But Ashley Simpson. Come on. I prefer to believe that she was just the first one photographed in them and someone much cooler, say Maddox Jolie-Pitt, actually had them first.

Today's Song: Chasing Pavements, Adele