My last roommate was notoriously cheap. Or rather, in polite terms, extremely good at budgeting himself. When I was last unemployed I looked to him for lessons in frugality: buy a flask, shower at the gym, make beans and rice a staple dish. For an agonizing month I followed in his footsteps while living off [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Long Island: the Texas of the East Coast, Part I
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bohemian Archeology, Holidays Uncorked, Long Island, potato joke, Southwest Airlines, Southwest shtick on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I Am Here
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m home. Chicago. It’s good to be back. Well, it’s good to be in one place, but to be honest, I’m a little shell shocked. I went from balmy fifty two degree Seattle weather to a frigid seven degrees. But, as I walked home from the train station shivering in my thin travel coat, my [...]
