What are you up to this fine Saturday?
Getting yourself a FREE COMIC BOOK????
That’s what I thought.
Posted in Comics, Education, Holiday, Humor, Life, Television
Tagged comic book store, comics, entertainment, Free Comic Book Day, heros, Holiday, Humor, life, Saturday, superheros, Television, The Big Bang Theory
You know how some TV show plot lines are ‘ripped from the headlines?’ I’ve decided People magazine rips theirs from any handy movie premiere calendar.
Easier than workin.’
Take their latest World’s Most Beautiful Woman issue featuring Gwyneth Paltrow.
Gwyneth is lovely — I’ll give you that. But the most beautiful woman in the world? Of all the choices in Hollywood and around the globe?
In the words of Jerry Seinfeld — speaking to his young son outside my brownstone one Saturday afternoon –
“Probably not.”
But it is far simpler — isn’t it People editorial staff — to crown Ms. Paltrow? She has Iron Man 3 coming out in a theatre near you…plus, your rival Star magazine just named her Most Hated Celebrity (which is probably more accurate).
Your advertisers are happy! Moms her age are happy! And Star has been put in its place.
Who cares if it isn’t true?
Posted in Celebrities, Commentary, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Magazines, Movies, TV
Tagged celebrities, commentary, editorial staff, entertainment, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hollywood, Humor, Iron Man 3, Jerry Seinfeld, life, magazines, Most Hated Celebrity, movie premiere, movie theatre, Movies, New York City, People magazine, plot, ripped from the headlines, Star magazine, Television, TV, World's Most Beautiful Woman
Can you believe The Rachael Ray Show has been on the air since the fall of 2006?
I moved to Manhattan that July; her show debuted a few months later. And I signed up for free tickets on the website.
They arrived in my inbox today.
Can you believe that??
I mean, I don’t watch the show anymore, so I don’t really care. But how can The Rachael Ray Show have a seven-year waiting list?
I live right down the street, for cripes sake. You’d think at some point they would have called me to fill in on a slow taping day. Other more popular shows certainly have once I was on their mailing list.
Even Late Show with Jimmy Fallon reserves seats a month out. I’ve been able to see Daily Show several times. Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman are harder tickets to score, but even they have standby lines.
So what’s the deal with The Rachel Ray Show?
Maybe it’s her Oprah-esque giveaways that limit her tickets. I want to think that. Let’s think that.
Wonder what I’ll get…
Posted in Celebrities, Commentary, Entertainment, Foods, Humor, Life, Television, TV
Tagged celebrities, Daily Show, entertainment, Foods, free tickets, giveaways, Humor, Internet, Late Night with David Letterman, Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, life, New York City, Oprah, Rachael Ray, Saturday Night Live, show website, standby line, studio audience, Television, The Rachael Ray Show, TV
If you didn’t watch today’s final round of the Masters because you think ‘golf is boring,’ you couldn’t be more wrong.
This year’s tournament, which was played in the pouring rain for much of the back nine, went to a sudden death playoff.
And more importantly…
This guy won.
Not so boring after all, huh?
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Tagged Adam Scott, celebrities, golf, golf is boring, golf tournament, golfer, Humor, life, Masters golft tournament, pouring rain, Sports, sudden death playoff, Television
When I shared yesterday’s post on Chateauform Schloss Löwenstein — my castle-hotel near Frankfurt that evokes Downton Abbey — my sister asked, “Have you seen a Matthew look-a-like?”
Sadly, no.
But there is a prince living here.
Alois Konstantin is the ninth Prince of Löwenstein. He and his wife Anastasia, Princess of Prussia, occupy one wing of the castle.
The Prince works in the financial services industry in Frankfurt and manages the family’s assets.
And while I have not seen him during my stay, I must say –
Doesn’t he look a bit like Mr. Carson?
Posted in Entertainment, History, Humor, Life, Television, Travel, TV
Tagged Alois Konstantin, Castle, Chateauform Schloss Lowenstein, Downton Abbey, family assets, financial services, Frankfurt, Germany, history, hotel, Humor, life, Matthew Crawley, Mr. Carson, PBS, prince, Prince of Lowenstein, Princess of Prussia, royal family, royalty, Television, Travel, TV
When I travel for business, I often go from the airport to the hotel and back again, which doesn’t guarantee much of a view.
Of course, my hotels don’t often look like this –
This is where I’m staying today: the Chateauform Schloss Löwenstein, located 45 minutes from the center of Frankfurt, Germany.
It’s part of a chain, if you can believe it — one of a collection of properties set in a private parkland well outside the city. The castle has been fully renovated, somehow maintaining its period details while being outfitted with all the bells and whistles you need at a conference center.
It has its own winery and spa. Two serve-yourself-anytime bars. Archery. There’s even a resident chocolate lab in the lounge named Easy.
It’s all so…Downton Abbey, don’t you think?
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Tagged airport, business travel, Castle, Chateau Schloss Lowenstein, chocolate lab, conference center, Downton Abbey, entertainment, fitness center, Frankfurt, Germany, hotel, Humor, life, spa, spin-off, Television, Travel, TV, winery
March Madness –
It’s not just for basketball anymore!
During a break in today’s Ohio State/Iowa State match-up, I switched over to the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf tournament. Tiger Woods and Rickie Fowler are in the final pairing, and I wanted to see if they were on the course.
Not just then.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia was the focus of attention because his ball was up in a tree. And so was he.
Sergio wasn’t gonna take a drop.
Nope, he climbed up into the tree and decided to hit the ball from right there.
To get it into the fairway, he had to hit a back-handed shot. And believe it or not, he did just that…and then climbed on down.
Gotta love the craziness in all sports this time of year!
Posted in Basketball, Humor, Life, March Madness, Sports, Television, TV
Tagged Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf tournament, basketball, golf, golf ball, golf ball up tree, golf course, golf course fairway, Humor, Iowa State, March Madness, Ohio State, Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Sergio Garcia up tree, Spain, Sports, Television, Tiger Woods, TV
I have never considered myself anything more than a spectator of Project Runway, but now –
Tim Gunn, I’m ready for my closeup.
I’ve discovered the secret to a design with a perfect fit in less than day –
Spray-on fabric
Fabrican, Ltd. in London invented spray-on fabric way back in 2000. It’s been used in the medical field for dressings, bandages, casts and wound healing products. But now the company is hoping to branch out into fashion, giving designers — like me — a way to be even more creative.
Seamless garments! Custom clothing! Recycled wear! And no more sewing models into clothing before they hit the runway…
…just spray her in!
Posted in Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Humor, Life, Television, TV
Tagged bandages, casts, closeup, custom clothing, design, dressings, entertainment, Fabrican Ltd, Fashion, fashion designer, fashion model, Humor, life, London, Project Runway, recycled, seamless garment, spray-on fabric, Television, Tim Gunn, TV
The mystery has been solved.
Back in August, I posted this picture of a number on a path that Rory Dog and I frequent in Central Park.
Although I was told it probably just referenced a date, I wanted it to mean something cryptic and symbolic and unfathomable.
I watch a lot of Castle.
And what did I find today across the fence line from the aforementioned mystery number?
A brand new lamp post.
It wasn’t there the last time Rory and I walked that way, which was about three days ago.
So now we just have to wait and see if the number is removed.
Or changes.
Or is joined by a new set of numbers…and then Castle and Beckett are sure to appear to solve the mystery.
Now, that would be awesome.
Posted in Blogs, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Television, Walking
Tagged Beckett, Castle tv show, Central Park, cryptic, dog walking, entertainment, Humor, lamp post, life, mystery, mystery number, New York City, Richard Castle, symbol, Television, TV, walking, walking path
Bean wake-up call
Rory and I are watching Chopped, enjoying some couch time together post-Singapore, and one of the basket items is…
Baked beans
That woke me up.
But I have to say — they were awesome. Sweet and smoky in flavor, the baked beans were perfect with the bacon. In theory I guess it’s not that surprising, but it was a first for me.
May not be the last.
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Tagged bacon and eggs, baked beans, breakfast, Chopped, commentary, couch time, Foods, Humor, life, side items, Singapore, smoky flavor, striped bass, Television, Travel, wake-up call