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Gold Topped Cosmos

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Kate

The UAE is a country of contrasts. Souks and Supermalls. Camel Markets and Ferrari World. Desert and Skiing. Jon was working at NYU Abu Dhabi and I was along for the holiday ride.

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Sex on the beach – and a trip to the Playboy Mansion

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Kate

“I was covering a golf party at the Playboy Mansion,” said Rhett, casually. Rhett is a sketch writer, and son of infinitely awesome parents, naming-wise. He’d been interning at a paper in LA, he said, and had been sent out … Continue reading →

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Salty Dogs and the problem with lizards

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Kate

“I wouldn’t recommend a lizard,” said Heidi. We were at my Grandma’s drinking tea when the subject of pets had come up.

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Model Behavior – and French Martinis

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Kate

As Fashion Week steps up in New York, models can be seen in bars all over town, drinking cocktails and generally just being beautiful and skinny and incredibly young. And even in the lobby of our building, le mode is … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Headless Horsemen, and a Headless Woman

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Kate

Walking down the midway at the Sussex County Fair, you could hardly fail to notice the booth containing the Headless Woman.

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The Wednesday Tipple – Salty Dogs, Fleet Week and Other Nautical Musings

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Kate

It’s fleet week here in NYC, which means that enormous ships are floating along side Manhattan like pods on a space ship, and bars up and down the west side are filled with men in uniforms and the gals and … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Rhubarb Vodka, delayed gratification, and naming stars with physicists

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Kate

It’s interesting to talk to Jon’s physicist colleagues, who often have a very different spin on things that happen in life. “Nobody wants to do local galaxies anymore,” they say in passing at parties.

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Pink Drinks for Valentines Day

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Kate

I’m pretty much suggesting a re-appropriation of the celebration of romantic love for the purposes of celebrating really great girlfriends. I just think we’d have more fun.

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The Wednesday Tipple – Fig Martinis and an important question; what would you do if you knew that you could not fail?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Kate

January is a time for reflection, resolution, change, expectation, tentative starts, running out of steam, postponement, utter failure, despair and drinking. A time when we make lists about the things we intend to change about ourselves and enumerate our shortcomings … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Spice-infused Appletinis with Grilled Cheddar, Walnut and Apple Sandwiches – oh, and some nudity too.

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Kate

When Jon’s Dad came to visit us, he’d look up at the buildings and sigh. He pretty much could not believe that people would want to work and live piled up on top of each other in boxes. He lives … Continue reading →

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