You’ll recall that just yesterday I was mocking the fine art of overpreparation for a trip, lapsing into hyperbole about arranging doilies for the housesitter’s snacks. This morning found me […]

There are some people who seem perpetually serene – life just is. You know these people, right? And you know that I’m not one of them. I can’t seem to […]

[Haven’t been writing to this blog for a while – thought I should copy a vaguely ‘travel-related’ thing I knocked out yesterday] Got to spend some time flying a J-3 […]

[In NY for a few days] What I love (and hate) about theater is that it’s such a rollercoaster. In so many ways – it’s not that you go up, […]

If you’ve read more than a posting or two of mine, you know I aspire to all things nerdly. Right? Well, I’m proud to say that I can chalk one […]

By the time this gets posted, I’m probably going to be upstairs in my room at home, huddled over my familiar keyboard, having recovered from the 90 minute braindump the […]

I’ve realized that, when you start doing things your brain isn’t used to, like levitating desks or speaking French, you’ve got ease into it slowly. Waking this morning after yesterday’s […]

I’ve been grasping at any metaphor that can explain what makes this city so special for Americans. Something that doesn’t make us mere cowboys running amok over a refined civilization […]

I love this moment – like that instant in the darkened theater when the trailers have ended, there’s a hushed paused, and you brace yourself for the immersion in what […]

Describe one event. Just one. Here’s the problem: I keep starting on these posts of interesting weekends I’ve had. I start at the beginning, and by the time I’ve gotten […]