Your daily dose of foreign language
Just in case you’re curious to know how to ask for a “shower cap” in four languages, here you go. I particularly like the French term, and may just choose to forever refer to them as “douche bonnets”.
View ArticleMake it Strong, Barkeep!
I’m becoming addicted to Greek coffee. The slow caffeine drip of filter coffee can’t hold a candle to the rocket-power juicing of a frappe. Hot damn.
View ArticleEfharisto, Santorini
It’s 8 pm and we’re on a ferry somewhere in the Aegean Sea. In a couple of hours, we dock and begin our journey through Athens. But before we get swept up in the cradle of Western Civilization, it’s...
View ArticleLike What You See, Ladies?
A little Czech humor for the day. This pic was taken inside the men’s bathroom at The Palladium mall in downtown Prague. Above each urinal is a slightly-larger-than-life picture of a girl looking at...
View ArticleSteve Jobs: the Pirate We Would All Pillage For
My colleague, Steven Solomon, our esteemed and talented designer for Hearth & Terroir (and by “talented,” I mean “borderline psychotic”; and by “esteemed,” I mean “capable of striking terror in...
View ArticleSlap that Bass! Move that Couch!
One of our Russian movers looks exactly like Flea. When he said he didn’t know who that is, I showed him this pic. Which he liked very much.
View ArticleMan Uggs and a Puffy Coat. Really?!
Seriously, dude? And before 9 am? I need a fuckin cup of coffee.
View ArticleG&G is Pleased to Announce a New Field Reporter
In this corner, weighing in at 8 lbs 4 oz, born at 8:50 pm, we are pleased to present: Cadel Parker Flaherty. Mom and babe are fantastic. Look for Cadel’s upcoming tasting notes on such various...
View ArticleThat’s Some Effective Signage
On the wall of Stinky Bklyn, the deliciously olfactory-overpowering cheese and beer shop in Cobble Hill.
View ArticleMarch 10th, 1943
My father, Larry Paul Flaherty, turned 70 years old today. This 20 year old dram is for you, Dad.
View ArticleGoodnight, Sweet Prince
For hard-core Robin Williams fans, this is from Jumanji. Yep, Jumanji…I’m going there. He had an incredible gift and inspired me to no end. Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
View ArticleOne Reason the Holidays Rule
After much stealing and high-level White Elephant gift strategy, the Sarah Palin locking buck knife is now mine.
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