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Help wanted: whipping boy

At Tulip's Sofistica party last night, the conversation turned to who would become the Prague expat community's whipping boy now that Alan Levy is no longer with us. You know, the person whose name occasions the rolling of eyeballs and statements like 'Who does he think he is, anyway?' Of course, like Mr Levy, this person should have many supporters, and popular opinion would probably be split fifty-fifty as whether he (or she) was using up too much oxygen.

Anyway, I immediately proposed two of my friends, Scott MacMillan and Evan Rail, for the role of whipping boy. Scott's blog probably tells you all you need to know -- if not, just ask around: Tulip owner, former PBJ staffer and editor of Prague Insider, and stringer for Screen International and for the Four Seasons' magazine, and not the Scott who started Prague One. Evan of course is the erudite restaurant critic at the Prague Post and, as such, is a large, slow-moving target for statements like 'I just hate Evan Rail's restaurant and other culinary reviews.'

So nominate your candidate for whipping boy using the comment link below. Assuming there are at least two more nominations, I'll put a poll on this site to accept votes.

posted by Theo @ 3:57 PM