I am watching the film  "When Harry Met Sally," early this fine morning. Great film:      Harry: "There are two kinds of women, high maintenance and low maintenance."      Sally: "What kind of woman

  Friday found me at the Arlington Park racetrack for some intense gambling.  After a remarkably positive session I treated myself to a T shirt and bought my track companion Candi an epic meal.  It

I am working on my noshing in New York post, while trying to catch up on my sleep, (awoke at 4 p.m. today) but in the meantime here is an interesting word and some more NYC photos: milieu: noun, a p

  Wabi Sabi is an idea of Japanese aesthetics which tries to appreciate the beauty in the transient and impermanence of things.  It is a melancholy concept exemplified by things like the Japane

After a very tiring but enjoyable trek through the city which never sleeps by the man who only occasionally sleeps I have returned home to Chicago.  I have much to note about Manhattan as the Depressi