Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: November 2012

  • Audiences

    Remember when we went to the Regina Spektor concert years ago? There were some very loud young women behind us and Gary had to snap his fingers at them? I thought that was a freak occurrence. Turns the Regina Spektor concert we saw on Staycation ’12 was populated by the same 21 year old demographic,…

  • Vindicated!

    When Mom was in her late sixties she had a dreadful time finding glasses that suited her. She had her computer glasses, her reading glasses, and her distance glasses. One time she bought glasses and simply couldn’t use them. I said she could go get them adjusted but she was not up for it. I…

  • Paul McCartney! EEEEeeeee!

    You want him? He’s in the middle. “Whhhiiine,” you whine, “I can hardly see him.” If you want, you can go to my Paul photostream and see the full size version. You’ll see early on I don’t know how to use the HDR setting on my iPhone. It all looks a bit Peter Max. But…

  • McCartney mike Eeeeeee

  • No macca yet

  • Blue Man Group Tickets

    I’m going to see Blue Man Group later this month, and when I reached into my stack of tickets this morning to get my McCartney tickets, one of the Blue Man tickets slipped away. I didn’t watch it slip; all I know is I had two tickets, I picked up something underneath them, then I…

  • Beer

    “Don’t tell anyone you don’t like beer,” Gary said. We were walking into Anheuser-Busch to take the Brewmaster brewery tour. Minutes later, everyone in the tour group was asked to name two favorite beers. While waiting my turn I crafted a response about the AB heritage in Saint Louis and my Dad and how he…

  • Guess who went to the Lindsey Buckingham concert tonight?

    He was so good. I need to learn to play more than chords.

  • Enough with Food

    About half of my plans for staycation involved restaurants I’ve always wanted to visit but never have (Niche, Half and Half, Broadway Oyster Bar, Favazas, Triumph Grill) or returns to favorites (Farmhaus, LiLuma, Blue Owl). Two things have kiboshed these plans. 1) Gary has made it clear that even a vacation thirty miles afield is…

  • And even MORE important …

    I voted in an Exit Poll, and you know those are the only votes that count. No one approached me, there was just a desk and ballots manned by someone quiet. I asked if this was a exit poll and she said yes! I exit voted! SO PROUD.