When I was contacted by the Washingtonian for one of their blogger profiles, I was, of course, extremely flattered.
However, when I learned a picture was involved, it sent me in to a tailspin. A call was quickly made to Bitchy McSnarkster, where I sincerely inquired, “How much cleavage is too much cleavage for the Washingtonian?”
We decided it was time for me to behave like the classy lady I was raised to be…so go check out the profile and see one of about 4 pictures of me that, for a change, doesn’t look like a “Got Milk?” ad.
And thanks for humoring me…if you kids didn’t sympathize, relate, pity, or indulge me in my antics, I don’t know what I would do with myself. It really was swell to be asked to participate in “Blogger Beat”.
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While I am at it, don’t forget it’s Wednesday. Make sure you check out the weekly column at So Good to see what I am eating this week.
10:12 am on August 27th, 2008
Great article! And the necklace? Love.
Aw, thanks…it is lovely, isn’t it?
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10:12 am on August 27th, 2008
Fantastic article!! I love that you answered the questions with all the sass we see here, even if it is the Washingtonian. Congrats!
The Washingtonian cannot tame me. Thanks, hannah.
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10:21 am on August 27th, 2008
The picture shows just a hint of cleavage, which in many ways is more alluring than doing as some women do and displaying enough cleavage to make Hell’s Canyon jealous.
I didn’t even mean to show it…it has a mind of it’s own.
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10:30 am on August 27th, 2008
Aw! You look so cute! And backatcha regarding Cashion’s.
Thanks, friend. It was a lovely evening.
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10:33 am on August 27th, 2008
Nice Profile. Of course, being the horndog that I am, I would have preferred gravity defying, jaw dropping cleavage. But that’s just me…..
Well, Peter informs us that there was some.
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10:35 am on August 27th, 2008
LURVE! Congrats, my heart. I’m glad they didn’t change what you wrote too much. It comes across very honest, very sassy, very YOU. <3
I know, it is very true to the interview, which pleases me. Thanks..I can just be me. Even if it means using the word whore in the Washingtonian.
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10:40 am on August 27th, 2008
The picture and article are so YOU! You are definitely the real thing. I feel so lucky to know 2 of the people recently featured in the Washingtonian (you and Velvet).
But I wouldn’t want to get anywhere near one of those yucky peanut butter stix! Please find something that I would like to eat!
Thanks…Velvet in great company to be in, I agree.
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10:52 am on August 27th, 2008
Fantastic! Loved the article!
Aw, thanks Lisa!
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11:13 am on August 27th, 2008
Ah, love the interview! Good stuff.
And yes, a dang cute picture to go with it. I rank “too much cleavage” close to “too much chocolate,” “too much sex,” and other nonsensical phrases, and just shake my head at such trepidations.
Speaking of good stuff, I still need to try your filet mignon in merlot reduction. And I’m with you on the garlic cloves. Mmm.
The stress I felt over the picture was insane. I asked the woman to erase a few and she looked at me like I was a nutter. So, thanks…glad it came out well.
Let me know if you try anything and what you think.
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12:27 pm on August 27th, 2008
It is indeed the Lemmonex that we’ve come to know and ♥. Congratulations again.
And I love all of you.
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12:29 pm on August 27th, 2008
A woman, not wanting to have her best image used in the news photo- Who’d a thunk it? I think the photographer is a Nutter! Great Pic! and I completely agree with John above. Too much Cleveledge? Too much Garlic? That’s just Crazy talk! Don’t worry- the Beauty is still on Duty!
You cannot see it, but I am blushing. Thanks wildbill…I always love to hear from you.
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12:35 pm on August 27th, 2008
Great photo. Smokin’ in fact. Yes, I actually typed smokin’, and I feel kind of lame about it. Now where did I put that proposal haiku….
I also liked the put-down of Cake Love.
Cake Love can totally suck it. For real.
I love haikus, but Jewcano writes the best. I dare you to try to one up him.
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12:37 pm on August 27th, 2008
Jesus, you and mac and cheese again!
And carrot cake? It ain’t cake if it ain’t chocolate.
But a great photo! Just the way I remember you …
If we had ever met.
This interview was submitted a few weeks back…I actually posted the mac and cheese because I knew it was going to come up in the interview. See how smart I am?
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12:40 pm on August 27th, 2008
RE: the interview — Niiiiiice!
There’s actually a Trader Joe’s that might be a little more Metro accessible: 2425 L St, NW. (Foggy Bottom. It wasn’t there until relatively recently).
Though you might still want that buddy’s car for hauling lots and lots of stuff…
~S~
I will have to have one of my kind friends drive me. I have been to the one in FB to grab stuff, but I never have enough arms.
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12:40 pm on August 27th, 2008
got milk ad? did you really just say that?
You read it with your own eyes. Have you read here before?
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12:51 pm on August 27th, 2008
Lem, what a great interview. I love the ‘made up cake’. I did a similar thing when I was 12…only, it was frosting. I tried to make frosting out of flour, sugar, and water. OY. I hid it in my closet in a cereal bowl for a week, until I realized it had turned into the equivalent of concrete and I finally had to show my mom. We had to throw the bowl away b/c that crap was solid as a rock!
Love the article, and the photo.
Haha! I am sure mom appreciated that! Don’t you just wish you could tuck all your mistakes away as an adult?
Thanks.
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12:52 pm on August 27th, 2008
I left you comments on both pages. The Lemmonex craze is spreading across the District and the Web… it’s fun seeing you have such success!
I assure you that the Lemmonex craze will never be half as big as the bacon craze…
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1:06 pm on August 27th, 2008
Jewcano’s haikus
Lemmonex considers dear
Though truth shall come forth.
Oh, it. is. on.
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1:37 pm on August 27th, 2008
I second everyone…great pic and great interview!!
Thanks Kassy….xo
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1:38 pm on August 27th, 2008
Geez, Lem. If I had known the photo caused you THAT much stress, I could have emailed the one we were running before it went up to set your heart at ease
Thanks again for doing the interview. It came out great!
No! I am glad you didn’t indulge me in my vanity….I should not be encouraged.
Thanks again to you…it was a great experience.
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1:46 pm on August 27th, 2008
Ribald comments! No
Recipe requests, only
Clamors for cleavage
My day is complete…thanks, love.
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1:51 pm on August 27th, 2008
Lemmonex insists:
Advertising for dairy -
Just a side project
HAHA! I am squealing with delight here.
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2:20 pm on August 27th, 2008
While striving in verse
SD against Jewcano
Pippin loots acclaim…
Uh oh…this is getting intense.
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2:42 pm on August 27th, 2008
Yeah, 22 is good.
Cake Love, though acclaim’d
Tastes not sweet to Lemmonex.
A suckfest it is.
PREACH. Total suckfest.
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3:00 pm on August 27th, 2008
Her hair was perfect,
All Stoney’s patrons could see.
Sunlight sparkled bright.
Your wife is going to hunt me down.
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3:13 pm on August 27th, 2008
Catfight could ensue
If SD writes more haikus
About pretty lass.
Uh oh. I pull hair. Just sayin’.
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3:27 pm on August 27th, 2008
The photo looks fine
But we would enjoy seeing
The junk in your trunk
Oh, an ass man are we? I did not know this about you.
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3:28 pm on August 27th, 2008
LOL I bet you do…
Chocolate, sex, garlic
Add “cleavage” to what renders
“Too much” meaningless
Too much is a barely existent phrase in my lexicon.
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3:33 pm on August 27th, 2008
Did 6-6 not see
The curve of hip in said pic?
Let’s not be so crass.
No crassness here. We are a civilized group.
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3:47 pm on August 27th, 2008
Just noticed: pictures of me that, for a change, doesn’t look like a “Got Milk?” ad. For a change? Now, I’m pretty new here, but I have to say I’ve never seen anything of the sort. A proper lady and all that. Not that the boys look away easily:
Curve of hip, curve of
Breast, curve of eyebrow, curve of
Smile – Oops, she caught me
There are some on here. Also, I tend not to publish those pictures here…I fear perverts.
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3:59 pm on August 27th, 2008
I prefer boobs to ass
But it’s hard to ignore girls
Who have both in spades
Tis true…my body seriously makes no sense. Like, disproportionately too much.
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4:14 pm on August 27th, 2008
stoners and whores get
shout-outs in interview, but
poor CakeLove gets dissed
I think CakeLove will still be ok, even if I hate them. They are inexplicably popular.
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4:19 pm on August 27th, 2008
Sheee-Pow, Lem. Great interview, great picture (really great picture in fact). Yes, not an original thought, but everyone else used up all the other good words.
Still always appreciated though, Kevin. Thanks.
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4:45 pm on August 27th, 2008
Congratulations! Also, I’m (selfishly) very happy to learn of your cupcake pick, where I’ve never been. I have never liked CakeLove, and have been wondering why it is so popular. I think maybe it was talked up too much to me before I visited.
Baked and Wired is really good. If you are into pecan bars, theirs is the absolute best…ever. They also make a mean lemon poundcake.
I think CakeLove is so popular because when it hit the scene, it was the only thing like it. DC was way behind the cupcake trend. Now, there are tons of places popping up. I hope they are trembling.
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4:51 pm on August 27th, 2008
“Cupcake trend…” What can I say, but WTF?
Cupcakes were the new black about 2 years ago.
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5:23 pm on August 27th, 2008
Yeah… still a freakish mystery to me. I mean, Sprinkles is still doing lovely business here, and they are in fact really startlingly good. But come on: they’re cupcakes. They really get a trend?
Maybe it was just that particular form’s turn to get its due at long last? There is both art and science to cake, as with most or all of baking, so perhaps it was a lot of people noticing all at once that excellence is to be had, in childlike form. Totally guessing, here.
Oh, you said to mention if I tried out any of the posted recipes, and I was going to before getting swept into Haiku-land (I concede, by the way, to the more well-practiced pens):
A couple weeks ago I made a version of the balsamic chicken with spinach. Changes included using fresh (instead of canned) tomatoes, crushed (instead of chopped) garlic, and a little less spinach than called for, and also doing the onions 3-4 min. before adding the chicken. It occurred to me that it would be really easy to convert the recipe into a fantastic soup. Changes for next time: more spinach, and some thyme.
Good call on the fresh tomatoes; I just had canned. Sounds like you made some smart changes. Glad you liked.
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5:41 pm on August 27th, 2008
You rock! Congrats on your growing fame!
Thanks! (ps…you keep going to trash and you are decidedly not so…I need to figure this out.)
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5:59 pm on August 27th, 2008
Damn work getting in the way. I certainly would have commented WAY before now. Having come to the party so late, I can only say that you were lovely in that article and thanks to I-66, SD and Jewcano for alleviating me of the responsibility of EVER having to write you a haiku. I will leave that to the talented ones!
Better late to the party than to not arrive at all. Thanks, FA. Lovely is certainly not the first word people use when thinking of me.
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9:19 pm on August 27th, 2008
Congrats! The profile was great. I’m very proud to be able to say I knew you before you were famous…
Thanks, babe. You knew me when I only needed attention from you… love you. xox
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11:05 am on August 28th, 2008
Don’t feel anxious about your vanity… embrace it! More pictures!
Ha! Thanks, Hope.
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12:09 pm on August 28th, 2008
I couldn’t be prouder of you. You’re just so sassy! I don’t think there has even been a Mother who is prouder of their daughter than I am!
I am glad you are proud I am sassy, Mom.
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12:50 pm on August 28th, 2008
A Mama Bear haiku to close?
Few things sound so sweet
As wind in trees, the sea’s roar,
Or a mother’s praise.
sd, that is really sweet. Thanks.
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5:19 pm on August 28th, 2008
i’m a loser. i just had to wikipedia “haiku” to remember how many beats go in a line. then i counted the beats in the haikus above to make sure no one broke the rules. *sigh*
Not a loser at all…I check them to make sure no one is cheating either.
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