jay/day

Laurie Coots, who is the Chief Marketing Officer for Chiat/Day, is almost impossible to pin down. One minute she is in New York, the next Dubai, the next Shanghai.

So I feel fortunate that she and I have developed a tradition (whenever she is in New York) of sharing our favorite treat, eggs Benedict, for Sunday brunch.

The only trouble is, she is a shadow of her former self. She has taken up something she calls "the jim" (I've never heard of it, and I'm too polite to ask his last name), plus she has become some sort of religious fanatic because she keeps talking about her "dye-it," which I can only suspect is some sort of obscure textile fetish she picked up in India.

Listen to this: we will order Eggs Benedict, which comes with two eggs and ... (this is just too gruesome to say) ... she will LEAVE ONE EGG UNEATEN.

Laurie, there are people starving in Stockton. At least have the compassion to come to brunch with a Fedex envelope and ask for a doggie bag.