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montreal. march.

By On March 29, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Been there, Done that, Retail Therapy, What's in Jen's iPod?

This post is total redemption for all of those low brow posts that seem to focus in on the crap I have in my iPod.  So if you’re slummin’ it on your reader today, you’re going to have to find another blog.  This post is all high brow*.  (*Note: Only for today.  I’ll be back [...]

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karaoke for the neurotic

By On February 25, 2013 · 9 Comments · In Been there, Done that, Shameless Behaviour, What's in Jen's iPod?

WARNING:  You are about to be given advice from someone who just downloaded and put ‘Inner Ninja’ into her iPod AND just admitted it right here in front of everyone on the Internet.  Questionable judgement?  I think so.

I have to come clean and tell you that when I first thought [...]

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“hello, suckers!”

By On April 23, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Been there, Done that

That was how famous actress/speakeasy owner Texas Guinan would greet patrons upon arrival at one of her speakeasies, the most famous being the El Fey Club (where she was a hostess) and the 300 Club (which she owned).  The speakeasy was a lucrative gig during Prohibition, and Texas Guinan was, of course, happy to take [...]

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moon room

By On March 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Been there, Done that

So I didn’t get a Gimlet.  What can I say, I am easily distracted.

By the time I made it to The Moon Room (after a February Fast and a looooong 29 days of booze-free living), I was feeling rather celebratory, and decided to go with the French 75, which has Champagne.  And gin.  And [...]

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february fast

By On February 29, 2012 · 14 Comments · In Been there, Done that, Personal is Political

So this past Tuesday I was out at Canvas with my colleagues.  We had a great lunch.  When the bill came, I checked the amount, and it was wrong.  ”I think they forgot to charge me for something,” I said to my colleagues as I enumerated my bill (half cup of soup, frittata of the day [...]

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