Modesty, Millinery and Chopped Liver in Washington DC

Tonight the Crone, driven by an insatiable desire for chopped liver, went to Eli’s deli near Dupont Circle. The food there is certified Kosher and, as far as the Crone knows, it is the only restaurant in the area which can boast this. The restaurant was packed and the Crone was the only adult there (apart fromContinue reading “Modesty, Millinery and Chopped Liver in Washington DC”

Iris: Motes, beams and what goes on behind mirrored sunglasses.

The Blarney Crone was once an ace girl reporter for a program called Spotlight on the BBC in Northern Ireland. Actually, that’s not true. She was a barely adequate girl reporter on the aforementioned program and certainly came nowhere near breaking a story like the one sprung by Spotlight this week. The program revealed thatContinue reading “Iris: Motes, beams and what goes on behind mirrored sunglasses.”