Pasha Facecheck and other Reference Queries

We’re always thinking of new names for the cats, because cats lend themselves to different names. Usually we forget the new name a few minutes after it’s proposed, but sometimes the names stick.

A few evenings ago, Sky was telling me about an article he’d read in the New York Times fashion magazine about Russian and Ukraine bouncers who “face check” people waiting to get in – which means they judge them based not just on how they look but on how expensive their clothes are, whether they are famous or political, etc. He said there was a big deal Face Checker named Pasha Face Check. Obviously this needed to be a new name for Gus, who would be really good at that job.

I tried to look up Pasha Face Check (or Pasha Facecheck?) this afternoon and got bubkiss. After some word finagling I found out the right phrase was “Face Control.” I’d link to the NY Style article but it’s a fancy Flash interface that doesn’t seem to be loading well for me – jerks.

I think we’re going to stick to Pasha Facecheck because it sounds tougher than Pasha Facecontrol (also seen spelled Face Control or Face-control). Gus is quite pleased with it.

In other “trying to find stuff out” news, my massage therapist, Bevin, has some candies in her office. I took one last week and it was DELICIOUS. I saved the wrapper so I could possibly locate this delicious candy for myself. The wrapper has “Barcelona” on it, along with an address and a non-unique business name (Google searches showed 100+ places with the same name). It’s not from Papabubble, although any Google-fu for hard candy shops in Barcelona seem to favor it.

The other two things I’m researching right now are:
1. a “good midcentury novel” that isn’t by John Updike (for Sky)
and
2. a delicious place for treats (specifically cake, but I’m open) in or around Alameda – I’m visiting Jaime this coming weekend and I need to supply us with sugary goodness – all my good hookups are in SF and I’d like to welcome her to her new ‘hood by finding the perfect place