Mr. Baby
The Sunday I got back from Dubai, beat-up and jetlagged, I sat on the couch and zoned out to TV all day (actually, I've been doing that practically every non-working moment for weeks). I didn't […]
Distractions
Thanksgiving Abroad
New or not, I don't know, but Twitter recently started periodically texting when people I follow follow someone else. Not neccessary. Yesterday I was notified that a surge of respected literary types followed @avlskies with […]
Developmentally Disabled
Upon my second interaction with a 40something woman two decades into Williamsburging who used "retarded" in our first conversation about being pushed out of the neighborhood, she used retarded again in the same context. It […]
Islands, Coasts (and Deserts)
I wasn't so familiar with the Channel Islands until a few weeks ago. If you asked, I'm not sure I could even tell you where they sat, confusing them with other C islands like Catalina […]
Cats Today
Gap put out two separate cat-patterned button-ups in what seems like a very short time frame (I looked up my order history–one was purchased in April, the other in SeptemberI, so basically 2013 is just […]
Grrrls and Boys
You know who's looking very good for her age? Kathleen Hanna. I only know this because she's been on a PR bender (ok, I'm just referring to Vulture and the Times, well, and Spin and […]
Autumn in New York
It’s disappointing when the weather turns fall-like stat the second Labor Day ends and kids head back to school because it only encourages the “summer’s over” set with their sweaters, boots and tights and boo […]
Getting Into a Rhubarb
Jesus, how on earth did I miss this, er, video? (I was going to say gem, but I was just on Twitter saying I never wanted to see that word used again unless it was […]
Living Large
I love large format color photography. If I could start over (or I would say reinvent but I'm not certain that I'm solidly enough of anything to switch to something else) I would get seriously […]
Take a Picture…
…it lasts longer. This iPhone commercial always makes me suicidal (as a manner of speaking–don't call whichever service one contacts for such a situation) until it gets to the part where the kitten under the […]