*Boring Article Du Jour from the LA Times: Looking for Love by CARINA CHOCANO

*Good Article on Same Subject:
Lesbians on Television: It's Not Easy Being Seen" By STACEY D'ERASMO from the New York Times (and you can read it for free)

BEST PIZZA: Joe’s (on the corner of Bleeker St, and Carmine Ave.)

CUPCAKE: Magnolia Bakery’s chocolate with chocolate frosting

BAGEL: Bagel on the Square (Bleeker and Carmine)

COFFEE: Olives in Soho

HOT CHOCOLATE/CREPE: Le Gamin

MEAL: Steak Au Poirve with fresh greens and fries made by
Ashmi

BEST DINER: Mayrose

DONUT: Krispy Kreme jelly

DRINK: Stoli Vanilla and soda with childhood friend Derek DeKoff at Hi Fi on Ave. A (old Brownie’s)

BEST COMPLIMENT:B y Derek (my lips are sealed)

BEST PURCHASE: black cocktail dress with a large beaded butterfly
from H&M

BEST H&M: 34th St.

BEST STORE THAT I THOUGHT WAS FOR OLD LADIES: Lord and Taylor

STORE I PERUSED WHERE SALESLADY STARED AT MY SHOES WHEN I WALKED IN: Marc Jacobs

BEST NEW LIP GLOSS FIND VIA ASHMI: Revlon Sheer gloss

BEST NYC MOMENT: watching a darling little girl sitting on the floor with her hipster artist mother copying a Philip Guston painting and doing a good job at it.

WORST NYC MOMENT: being smoked to death

BEST STAR SIGHTING: Janeane Garafalo, because she’s so Janeane Garafalo

BEST MUSEUM/EXHIBIT: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Philip Guston

MOST DISAPPOINTING MUSEUM/EXHIBIT: The Museum of Sex

BEST AIRPLANE MOMENT: sitting next to John in First Class, and having him give me a lovely compliment: He never talks to people on planes and wanted to set me up with his son (he’s never done this before),even though I didn’t graduate from an Ivy League college. (He didn’t say that bit about the Ivy League school, but schooling is very important to him.)

BEST AIRPLANE READING: Me Talk Pretty Someday--David Sedaris

BEST SURREAL MOMENT: Being sincerely told by two different men that I was a very interesting person.

NERD MOMENT: one of said men asked me out and said that having a weblog was a nerdy thing. I guess I’m a nerd.

BEST MOVIE MOMENT: watching Bridget Jones’s Diary on TV to counteract Cold Mountain’s effect.

THING I MISS MOST ABOUT NYC: the energy--walking with an eclectic mix of people, and the European vibe.

NYC RULES OVER LA: The shopping, restaurants and men are much better

LA RULES OVER NYC: The climate and the relaxing vibe

BEST SEX THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN: my lips are sealed

BEST SINGLE WOMAN SIGHTING IN ASHMI'S BUILDING: New York Magazine Editor