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Thursday, July 27, 2006
posted by Jen at 7/27/2006 09:22:00 AM

Best news ever during the horse latitudes of summer: Nora Ephron's new book is out.

I remember finding a copy of CRAZY SALAD on my parents' bookshelf and being completely taken by Ephron's frank, funny, wry voice as she considered everything from the Pillsbury bake-off to growing up flat-chested.

When I grew up and worked as a reporter, I actually got to cover the bake-off myself (having realized that I would not be replicating her experience of growing up underendowed), and the stories I wrote were my personal tribute to Nora Ephron.

She was one of the writers who made me want to be a writer, and I can't wait to read her latest (even though I'm with Janet Maslin, wishing that Ephron was more of a writer who occasionally did stuff in Hollywood than a Hollywood player who only occasionally still writes).

In other book news, I've also been dying to read Alison Bechdel's much-praised graphic memoir FUN HOME...and I can't find a copy anywhere.

Both bookstores in Provincetown ("the gayest town in the world!") have notices pinned behind the cash register that they're sold out and waiting for reprints, and I could order it online, but I'd rather support a local bookstore, and...damn.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
posted by Jen at 7/26/2006 05:23:00 PM

NSync’s Lance Bass has been out and about all summer long in Provincetown, in the company of Amazing Race hunk Reichen Lehmkuhl, and have I spotted the happy couple even once?

Nuh-uh.

Which tells me that they haven't been out and about in the baby boutique, the Portuguese bakery, or the kite store.

Go figure.

My favorite quote is from this story. "If privacy is what Lance wants, that's something that's easy to have," says Kevin Naff, manager of the Washington Blade. "But if you're Lance Bass, and you're going to the gayest town on the gayest day of the year and going to gay parties, you have to expect something."

I’ll give you the “gayest town” thing, although Key West and New Hope might be feeling pretty miffed right now.

But the Fourth of July is now the “gayest day of the year?”

Did we vote on this? Is it official? Is it on everyone’s calendar but mine? And are we supposed to celebrate?
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