Yossi Langer, a BLOG

First listen of the new Walkmen album. So, so, so good.

Wed, 30 May 2012 10:42:24 -0400

First listen of the new Walkmen album. So, so, so good.

Monster cooking session this afternoon. I made beef-shin tomato sauce, quinoa salad, white bean...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:05:42 -0400

Monster cooking session this afternoon. I made beef-shin tomato sauce, quinoa salad, white bean purée, salmon onigiri, and a meatloaf. The kitchen looks like the battle of Lugdunum. But we should eat well til about, oh, Wednesday.

Looks like mommy left her phone unlocked.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:42:00 -0400

Shannon: Kk Nllnpjj B ‘dndnjhjhhhnlp 8:38 AM

Me: Hi Isaac! 8:39 AM

Shannon: Pgrcdrijkrmkkklllpz\^*%>}#%##> 8:39 AM

This is kinda of funny, I guess? It’s interesting mainly...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:13:32 -0400

This is kinda of funny, I guess? It’s interesting mainly because it makes me realize that everything I think I’ve figured out about LA in the last two months (Zankou Chicken; the 101; how tasty white wine is) is widely known enough to enable stereotyping. OK!

Remind me to tell you about my recent obsession with juicing.

Asparagus and matzoh.

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:30:03 -0400

Asparagus and matzoh.

My bike lock just fell and shattered. Reassuring!

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:29:00 -0400

My bike lock just fell and shattered. Reassuring!

My birthday present. I’ve made rice 17 times in five days.

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:59:30 -0400

My birthday present. I’ve made rice 17 times in five days.

Everyone knows how great the new Heartless Bastards album is,...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:15:50 -0400

Everyone knows how great the new Heartless Bastards album is, right?

Better: “I hear most of their dishes are offal.” Trademark! Next time.

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:38:06 -0400

Better: “I hear most of their dishes are offal.” Trademark! Next time.

We’re going to Animal tonight. I hear it’s offal!

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:10:16 -0400

We’re going to Animal tonight. I hear it’s offal!

Shannon bought these cassia chunks, which we’ve been...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:12:25 -0400

Shannon bought these cassia chunks, which we’ve been adding to the dry coffee grounds every morning.

"But it’s not clear that this tells us anything about Romney’s character. Lying is what politicians..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:16:06 -0400

“But it’s not clear that this tells us anything about Romney’s character. Lying is what politicians do when the truth stands between them and their goals.”

- I enjoy Jonathan Chait a little more every day. From New York.

"Jen H——, Toddler Liaison"

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:28:06 -0400

“Jen H——, Toddler Liaison”

- One more.

"Our graduates leave with a solid academic foundation, as well as the social and emotional skills..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:25:03 -0400

“Our graduates leave with a solid academic foundation, as well as the social and emotional skills needed to succeed in Kindergarten.”

- We’ve entered a new and terrifying phase of parenthood. And, I’m irritated to report, we’ve arrived here about 15 months after we apparently should have. I think we both assumed that everything was going to be easier outside of New York. But it turns out finding a preschool is just as hard on the west side of LA.

I take issue with this! I’ve bought amazing non-pants...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:18:23 -0400

I take issue with this! I’ve bought amazing non-pants items at Daffy’s, including several very well-made shirts and the nicest shoes I own, Italian bench-made chestnut wingtips. The brands are generally unknown here, but Daffy’s is an incredible resource for well-dressed, kind of uptight-looking dudes such as me. Daffy’s is one of the things I miss most about New York. Dumb but true.

But yeah, the pants are great. Today I’m wearing some Incotex trousers I bought at Daffy’s a few years ago and they still look great. They’re serious pants. Pick some up if there are still any in stock, New Yorkers.

putthison:

Spotted: Incotex at Daffy’s

For those of you in the Northeast, our friends over at Yellow Baggers (a blog that only covers menswear at the regional discount chain Daffy’s) are reporting that they’re getting in the one product that’s worth visiting Daffy’s for - Incotex trousers.

Is it too late to start saying "twenty-duz"?

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:07:35 -0500

Santa Monica Pier

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:33:26 -0500

Santa Monica Pier

Pictured: all of our worldly possessions, plus my parents. See...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:23:56 -0500

Pictured: all of our worldly possessions, plus my parents. See you in California, worldly possessions!

Gung hei fat choi!

Contacts day 2.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:01:22 -0500

Couldn’t get them in after ten minutes of trying just now. Later. Also, this:

Me: “Would you still have married me if I looked like this?” (I.E. without glasses.)

Shannon: (Long pause.) “You know, I think I’m the wrong person to ask.”

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

There are discs inside of my face! I’m seeing through my...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:47:33 -0500

There are discs inside of my face! I’m seeing through my eyes right now without wearing glasses! I have contact lenses and they are touching my eyeballs! You guys, I am blinking SO MUCH.

So weird SO WEIRD. I’ve worn glasses since second grade. They are basically my face. NOW I DON’T HAVE A FACE AND I KEEP POKING MYSELF IN THE BRIDGE OF MY NOSE.

I have peripheral vision. What is this madness?

Ahem. What happened is this: We had some money left in the medical flex spending account, so I bought a fancy pair of prescription sunglasses, as one does. We picked them up on Saturday, and on Sunday someone stole them from Isaac’s stroller in Prospect Park - with cold emotionless logic passing up the grubby sock and drained yogurt pouch. For whatever reason, I decided that that was the last straw and that it was time, after thirty years of glasses wearing, to streamline. So I went back to the optometrist this morning and then she put DISCS ON MY EYEBALLS. Then she made me do it twice, and an hour and a half later I had that down. And now I’ve done it again.

Blinkblinkblinkblinkblinkblinkblinkblink. If you see me walking down the street, walk on by, because you’re not going to recognize me, because I no longer have a face.