Bistro Browser Pillows

Garlic, the wonderful stinking rose.

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

Great British Eccentrics.

The practical psychopath

Obsession with the Internet.

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

'So it's the Mumm's Cordon Rouge, '98 Pouilly-Fuisse, '86 Chateau Margaux, and the '92 Barsac - would you like any food?'

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

'As Chuck's definition of terroir dragged past the 20-minute mark, Suzy concluded, the longer the explanation, the less likely you know what the word means.'

Myths and legends...

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

"It's the only way I can justify buying so many shoes."

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

'My new browser is so fast I have to take motion sickness pills.'

Gallery book shop - Rodin's Browser

"When I gave up cookies for the period of fasting called Lent, I thought it would be an hour, like the period of school called math."

"I hear you've a complaint about the eggs..."

Customer Convention

"Did you ask for the large print edition?"

"'Best wishes'? That's it? That's all you got?!"

A sign outside a bookstore reads: "Meet the people in the bookstore cafe staring at their laptops 2-4 p.m."

Self Help and Self Hindrance Books

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

'Careful, this used to be hot.'

'Our Monday night '90-off wine night' isn't exactly working wonders for Tuesday thru Saturday.'

Books: Names That Will Make Your Child Hate You!

Shakespeare reading.

Orthopedics. Pediatrics. Stuff they never taught your in nursing school.

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie

The New Yorker Book of Cartoons that No One Can Understand

World politics book: Who's taking out whom

"I'm looking for a nice basic piece of clothing that can fulfill every need I have."

"I'd just as soon it wasn't cut into those funny little pieces, if you don't mind."

"I shop to forget what I bought last year."