the digital ads on this train are explaining how to prepare cherry blossom cookies, which feels like something one would definitely go home ...

it's a sultry year at the film festival; i realized i didn't have time to go home and nap before i met joe at an evening screening, ...

another film festival, another evening walk home in an official tee i probably should have washed at some point. i bartended at this one, so...

conversations with doctor omnibus * {omnibus on the road} doc: not that you'll remember this because you won't come in then, but i...

the dirty dozen {mystery train,* round V} it's been nearly a year and a half since i last asked you to guess what folks on the new yor...

joe and i got up an hour early this morning, as we'd agreed last night, to straighten up our borrowed upper east side apartment, collect...

Daniel and I stood alone in the city. The sea of destruction lapped around our feet. We saw the starfall that broke the night up. The glass ...

14:21 new york sports clubs are opening their doors to locals (18 and over with ID) in need of a shower, electricity, or a workout. the so...

conversations with dr. omnibus {omnibus syllabus edition} doc: you need to get away from what's in your head. LMO: what does that mea...

01.27.12 : the dirty dozen {mystery train,* round IV} that last matched batch of books and their train-ridin' readers went down as deci...

01.06.12 : the dirty dozen {mystery train, round III} december's installment of mystery train ended yesterday in a grand-guignol tide o...

12.21.11 my traditional what-eccentric-thing-would-you-do-if-you-were-ludicrously-wealthy-and-had-already-saved-all-of-the-suffering-animals...

12.15.11 : the dirty dozen +2 {mystery train, part II} it's been awhile since i last challenged you to guess what my fellow new-york-ci...

09.15.11

09.11.11 Still, there is a need, now and always, for sharply felt local intimacies. I stood by the corner and watched the woman's dilemm...

08.19.11 1: how long have you lived in new york now? 2: eight years. i guess i can't really call myself a californian any more. 1: i ...

07.15.11 : the dirty dozen {twelve things i pass on my walk to work} 01 doughnut plant 02 carnegie hall 03 the pickle guys 04 lee's ...

06.23.11 : the dirty dozen, part II 05 coming home last night. no sound required. 06 on the way to work this morning. worth a listen. ...

05.06.11 obama was in town yesterday.

05.02.11 joe and i celebrated the beginning of our ninth year in new york city last night; after a girls-only brunch full of internet l...