If you don't know, Fox's Kitchen Nightmares is a reality TV show in which less-than-celebrity chefs allow a foul-mouthed British jerk to swoop in and save their troubled restaurants by yelling at the staff a lot and presumably giving them nightmares. (Seriously, Gordon Ramsay is the Freddy Krueger of the food service industry. Just look at that guy.) more ›

We came back from taking down the recycling yesterday evening to find we had locked ourselves out of our apartment. "Noooo!!" [Insert Emo Darth Vader ballad here. Warning -- audio.] We dialed the apartment manager on the call-box but got his voice mail. Lucky for us, the manager, who wouldn't be back until 10:00, called our s.o., who wouldn't be back until 8:00, and our s.o. called our friend who lives a few blocks away. So, instead of being forced to sit on our lobby stairs all night, uncomfortably greeting all of our neighbors, we were soon whisked away and served pasta, wine, and a couple of episodes of the BBC version of "Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares." more ›