Daily Archives: July 12, 2006

Barnard Hughes has died. I shall remember him always in “Tron,” “Midnight Cowboy,” and especially “Cold Turkey,” still one of my all-time fave comedies. RIP.

Sigh. I wish it were Saturday afternoon at 3.30 already.

Last night I sat on my new couch, listening to Benny Goodman while sipping a Manhattan, reading The Story of San MIchele by Axel Munthe. Which contrasted greatly with hundreds of Chicago commuters groping their way through a smoke-filled tunnel … Continue reading →