Picture taken from a story about Joaquin’s announcement at a Paul Newman memorial that he is retiring from acting. I wonder if he said that he was pretty sure there is more to life than being a really really really ridiculously good actor and he plans on finding out what that is. I bet you [...]
October 29, 2008
Categories: Hollywood Side Show, Hotter with a Beard . Tags: beard . Author: thebaxter . Comments: 1 Comment
Yesterday, while I waited in a growing line at a Renton Subway, I overheard an irate man talking to the cashier/only sandwich artist in the joint, about Obama’s nefarious plans to tax small businesses until they go under and then give the money to black people. BLACK PEOPLE! Of all the people to give money [...]
October 28, 2008
Categories: This is the End . Tags: politics . Author: thebaxter . Comments: Leave a Comment
It was a honeymoon of sorts as it was where the Mister and I had wanted to go in June, but that was peak season and so expensive. I did a little research and learned that everything we wanted to do would be half the price in October. So we went to Mexico then (Also [...]
October 28, 2008
Categories: Dear Diary . Tags: travels . Author: thebaxter . Comments: 2 Comments
Simply put: the Tin Hat is a Ballard hipster bar. But it’s not hipster in that annoying, competitive way. It’s hip because it just is, from the front room to the bathrooms. The menus are all printed with retro design covers. There is plenty of velvet art. There are diner-style signs everywhere boasting cheap eats [...]
October 27, 2008
Categories: NotForTourists, Seattle . Tags: bars . Author: thebaxter . Comments: Leave a Comment
I have been a vegetarian for 16 years. In that time I have never gone vegan for one reason: Cheese. There’s just no suitable substitute. There are acceptable soy versions of milk and rice versions of ice cream. But that orange nacho sludge at 7-11 seems more real than any vegan cheese I’ve ever had, [...]
October 23, 2008
Categories: NotForTourists, Seattle . Tags: food . Author: thebaxter . Comments: Leave a Comment
This kid never stops amusing. He’s apparently entered his Glamor Shots Cowboy phase:
Thx dlisted.
October 22, 2008
Categories: Hollywood Side Show . . Author: thebaxter . Comments: Leave a Comment
I know, I know. But it’s because I’ve been in Italy for the last 2 weeks. As one would expect, it was amazing. More to come on that. And lots of pictures too.
October 20, 2008
Categories: Dear Diary . Tags: travels . Author: thebaxter . Comments: 3 Comments
There is probably an audience for How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. I’m just not sure what it is. Perhaps it’s the same as the Dane Cook audience: People who enjoy watching jerks be jerks, have a small moral revelation, get the girl they want, reject her and then get the other girl. Though [...]
October 1, 2008
Categories: Filmpinions . Tags: thereel . Author: thebaxter . Comments: Leave a Comment