Articles
The One with $500
My novel takes place on a cross-country train trip from New York to California, pre-iPods, cell phones and personal computers. After the main characters have played cards and read the newspaper, there is nothing left for them to do but (gasp) talk to each other. They...
The One with Marilyn
I've told you about my company's legendary Halloween parties. My co-workers are as creative as they come. We've had conference rooms repurposed as Wild West saloons complete with sawdust and entire departments dressed like Monopoly game pieces. The things these people...
The One with Rhinestone
My friend P and I decided to use our lunch break in the pursuit of enriching, mind-expanding activities, instead of the more typical hour spent searching through photos on icanhascheezburger. We went to the small library branch near our office. Just outside the main...
The One with the Wood Blinds
I came home from work to find several of my neighbors in my building's lobby. Coincidentally we had all arrived at the same time and were tending to the business of getting our mail, newspapers and packages as we exchanged pleasantries. There was P, the landscape...
The One with Frodo
Last weekend was the eighth Brooklyn Book Festival, and every year the event gets bigger and better. This year attendance was estimated at 40,000 people throughout the day, and it gives me some small hope that reading is alive and well. I spent a good chunk of the...
The One with All the Questions
The other night, about eleven p.m., Reggie (my dog, for those of you new here) suddenly jumped on my bed and began growling at the night outside my window. To say this behavior is unusual would be an understatement. He has never barked or growled at any movement...
The One with the Faux-Nuts
There are few things that unite New Yorkers as much as manmade scarcity of luxury items. One such item, just a few inches in diameter, captured the imagination of Gothamites this summer. I, refer of course, to the Cronut™. Is it a croissant? Is it a doughnut? My...
The One with the US Open
A few days ago, a friend and I went to the US Open in Flushing, Queens. It's one of the four major tennis tournaments (aka Grand Slams) held each year. The world's top players compete in increasingly difficult matches until the final determines the champion in each...
The One with the Party Captain
par*ty cap*tain |pärtē kaptən|(n) the individual in command of a social gathering of children, typically involving cake, mini-golf and silly string, as in: Did you see that little boy hit the party captain with his golf club? It takes a certain kind of person to be a...
The One with the Monk
There was a monk -- a splendid sort; I saw that his sleeves were edged at the cuff with gray fur, and that the finest in the land; and to fasten his hood under his chin he had a very intricate pin made of gold; there was a love knot in the bigger end. His head was...
I’m Reading
