This is my final column about The Supremes – my twin’s beloved chickens. Mary, Flo and Diana are dead. They were ripped to shreds by a pair of small dogs Saturday morning while Shelly and I were away for just… Continue Reading
The spot occupied by El Mariachi’s has seen a host of restaurants come and go over the years. If Femme de Joie’s memory serves her, El Mariachi’s was previously owned by the fine folks at La Cabana and has been… Continue Reading
This one goes out to the guys. An advice column for men, by a man – a man, astonishing though it may be, who has screwed up a lot of relationships. Good ones gone bad. Bad ones gone worse. A… Continue Reading
The butterflies in your belly … racing heart … sweaty palms … Is that how you feel when flirting or being flirted with? When you first meet someone or see them across a room … Do you enjoy the batting… Continue Reading
To look at the impressive faux-Italianate façade on the new restaurant at the corner of Shasta and Market Streets – the Sherven Square complex – you’d think that, well, a Tuscan restaurant was housed there. There’s nothing Asian about the… Continue Reading
It had been a bad summer for Ronny Cammareri Jr. 2010 had started out good: he was living at home rent-free. There was a fine looking chick he’d met at the candy store that was a definite prospect. He was… Continue Reading
SEX is my favorite subject. Anything and everything connected to living a sexy life enthralls me. And now, every month in As You Desire, I will have the opportunity to share with you all ways in which we can experience a… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago Femme de Joie and Amico del Signore were wandering the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown on an early summer evening. We browsed the identical shops with identical brocade jackets and other gewgaws destined to be garage… Continue Reading
As noted before in this space, Redding seems to have more Mexican restaurants per square inch than any other town in the Sacramento Valley. If anyone can come up with a reasonable explanation, please speak up. This is not a… Continue Reading
•I don’t get it…when I run on the treadmill, I feel like my hair is flying, then I look in the mirror and I’m frigging not moving…I guess the flying hair image should have been a give away. •When I… Continue Reading
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