Comments on: 10 reasons why Mario Batali should take me on his next road trip

By: Will Critchlow

Will Critchlow — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:58:18 +0000

Sadly, I even read the comments (eventually).

Keep up the good work

By: Geraldine

Geraldine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:49 +0000

I don’t deny that I am awesome – but glamorous and sexy? No. Icky.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:59:33 +0000

> And thankfully, I am not [sexy].
Dirty lies!

By: Geraldine

Geraldine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:03:59 +0000

Oh, Rudy … I mean Mario. You are such a delightful ass.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:23:52 +0000

It should be a fundamental rule of any well lived life that you know someone called Mario…

I know a Sebastien, Marcell, Tomas, Claudia, Benjamin, Per, Christophe, Marco, “Porn tasche Guy” and many others from my limited travels but no Marios so far…. anyone able to hook me up with a Nintendo lookalike seeking friendship and fun but nothing serious or seedy?

By: MB

MB — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:14:14 +0000

Dear Everywhereist,

Your letter has struck quite a note with me. I am impressed by your appropriate use of numbered bullet points and more than a little intrigued by a person that smells like mints and farts. Your ability to paint a picture with words clearly comes second nature to you, and I think it would be great to chat. Your love of food and willingness to pay for half the gas has elevated this note out of the “I love your Crocs” and “You would be cute if you weren’t a fat ass!” mail bag to the much smaller ‘respond’ pile. Frankly, I NEED someone like you to help with my travels, as most of my time is spent cooking and sweating. Gwyn is generally too weak to haul a ham, and the constant complaining is maddening. Just like Hammer, there is always room for one more in my posse.

Someone will be right with you.

Sincerely,

Mario.

By: randfish

randfish — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:44:23 +0000

I will totally foot the bill on this. Don’t we know someone who knows Mario? If not, we should. Maybe we can just swing by Salumi and ask his Dad.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:41:40 +0000

Es verdad! You always smell lovely. An ideal sidekick.

I totally wish we’d gotten that extra ticket to you for Batali & Bourdain at the Paramount last month. Bourdain had a field day trash-talking Batali’s roadie companions. And Batali wore the orange crocs on stage.

By: Geraldine

Geraldine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:43:26 +0000

I was actually going to write, “Hi, Rand and Philip”, but it seemed too sad. Also, apparently Will Critchlow reads my site, too. Didn’t want him to feel left out.

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:35:49 +0000

I’m going to pretend I am one of the “guys” in reason six. And I would totally watch a show with you and Batali. How can PBS (or Mario) refuse? Seriously, somebody needs to make this happen.