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Brewer’s Ball Moves To National Building Museum
The 9th Annual Brewer’s Ball (to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation) will be held Saturday, March 2nd, this year at the National Building Museum. Individual tickets are $130 ($75 of which is tax deductible, if we’re doing our math right). This should prove to be a fun event for a great cause, and for those of […]
The Ollie Burger, An Appreciation
This is going to sound a lot like a Jimmy Buffett song. Some 18 months ago Mrs Columbo decided we needed to start juicing. I quickly agreed, assuming that one taste of kale-carrot-beet juice would end the family juicing and we’d return to our normal ways. But that wasn’t how it went. Oh Mrs Columbo made kale-carrot-beet juice […]
No Thanks, I Gave At The Office
You’re walking down the street minding your own business when you spot trouble at the end of the block; a group of young people harassing passersby. Do you pretend you don’t see them? Grab your phone and pretend to be on a call? Go an extra block out of your way to avoid them? Or just charge […]
Dewey Want To Bid On Some Art?
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is going through bankruptcy and part of their art collection will be up for auction on February 1st by Weschler’s. The art collection (valued at over $2 million) no doubt contains some amazing works, but it is the foreign versions of classic movie posters that have captivated us as we walk […]