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More Wildlife

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Every night I put out food for the neighbor’s cats, Baxter and Tigger, that’s when they’re not actually in my house hiding in a closet.But I noticed that even when my neighbor is away, with the cats, the food gets devoured overnight. I finally caught the culprit – well, at least on camera.It’s Ricki [...]

Not much happening …

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

I’m really kind of bored at the moment. I don’t know why – I’m in a funk.The only lively thing that happened since Labor Day is that I got a new pet – his name is Igor and he lives inside my deck umbrella. Here is a picture of Igor. In case you haven’t figured [...]

Customer Service in East Hampton ????

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

In the summer, business in East Hampton is like shooting fish in a barrel. Merchants can do business with their eyes closed – and some do. Just read the Letters to the Editor in The East Hampton Star . Certain Gallic restaurant owners (in Bridgehampton) obviously consider us local yokel American slobs [...]

Fashion comment …

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

And another thing: summer is the season when we are unfortunately treated to a variety of wardrobe transgressions that offend our aesthetic sensibilities such as unwanted and unsightly baring of skin.Ladies, in case you’re not aware of certain laws of physics, when you wear tight apparel, the act of sitting down tends to [...]

Disaster Driving

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!There have been an alarming number of fatal accidents this summer in East Hampton, almost all involving careless and reckless driving mostly by visitors. The last one happened last night night near the Hess station in Wainscott. I don’t yet know the details but I couldn’t get out to [...]