Humans being humans, vol. 7

Things people said recently while eating and drinking

“Portrait of a Humanist” (1475 - 1480), Giovanni Bellini

I met a magazine editor for lunch in Los Angeles, on Larchmont Street. Afterward, I passed a restaurant where two men in their twenties were outside eating sandwiches. One of them, wearing a dad hat, white T-shirt, wide-legged chinos and green Crocs, said, “I’ve never had a real life. So, I guess I…