I guess we’d been in the house about two years when the dishwasher, whose brand rhymes with “bitchin’ fade,” first started acting up. The touch panel would periodically lose its mind. This button lit up that LED, and that one this one; START worked one day and not the next; it would insist on SANI … Read more
My dad used to put together an annual deep sea fishing trip for his employees and customers, and would always have an extra slot or two for come-withs (generally us kids, taking turns year to year). He’d plan a three-day trip to Destin. Two of the days were for general playing, and he’d charter a … Read more
We have a P.F. Chang’s at the new Bridge Street Peoplequarium. Melanie took me out for my birthday there yesterday. The food, service, and atmosphere were all enjoyable, but you’d have a hell of a time credibly hanging any sort of “value” label on it (considerably more so than you would on “eating out” in … Read more