Inspiration

Recently saw Julie and Julia. Loved the Julia parts but found the Julie parts sickening. I love Amy Adams but the Julie character was so insipid I almost couldn't watch, and don't get me started about the person who played Julie's husband.

Every time he put food in his mouth it was like watching and hearing a wild animal eat gummy bears. I had to put my fingers in my ears and close my eyes every time the camera was on him. If I had been carrying a pistol in my Filson bag I would have taken it out and shot the screen.

I was once in a movie theatre in South Central L.A., back in 1990, where a fellow movie goer did shoot the screen- but I think he did it to celebrate what he thought was a great performance.

Anyway decided if an unlikable and sour soul like Julie could actually turn a blog into a successful book and movie about her life I should take a shot at it.

I am not going to cook my way through a cookbook- but I am going to chronicle my New York life as a 40 something man- which includes living in Harlem, entertaining, dining out, running around the city, meeting up with friends, visiting my shrink, working out, practicing yoga, and trying to figure it all out.

I think there is a need for a weekly web based lifestyle magazine that is not just regurgitation of print magazine content- not just video, not just slideshows, not just text but a combination of all. I want to fill this need. I'll start with a blog and then....