by zora on December 29, 2005
Because I often glaze over about two-thirds of the way through Frank Bruni’s restaurant reviews in the New York Times, this is exactly what I need: Bruni’s most winning bons mots and terrible puns, pulled out and mocked, and even illustrated with pictures! Lots of boob jokes too. Perfect for the short-attention-spanned.
by zora on December 24, 2005
First: All drollery aside, Mt. Sinai is a hundred times better than either of the LIJ joints I was in. (My ID doctor said that if I had to stay over the weekend, he’d take me on a tour of the chichi $1,500-a-night suites on the hotel floor.) I’m still glad to be home, especially [...]
by zora on December 19, 2005
As you, dear readers, well know, I am accustomed to jetting off to Amsterdam, Tulum, and Santa Fe to assess the quality of hotels and other tourist accommodations. So the assignment I received in 12/8–NS/LIJ Forest Hills Hospital–was quite a novelty. My research assistant, Peter, and I set off with a weekend bag and a [...]
by zora on December 17, 2005
Raw-milk cheese has been cleared of all charges. The bug in my system is just some mild-mannered streptococcus viridans. Please, do not harm any sheep or goats in my name. Anyway, I’m home from the hospital. By the end, it felt like Peter and I were doing a prison break. I feel really bad for [...]