Wednesday 13th
Look, there’s always something to complain about: the ever-present underlying fear, the fact that we’ve never been hit on while riding the first car of the F train, the ridiculous rents, rumors of another MetroCard
hike, the unfairness of alternate-side parking, Lenny Kravitz … but seriously? Is there anything more satisfying than Read More
Wednesday 29th
Comedians talk about their first time and their worst time (which was one and the same for us) … and take turns signing How to Do It Standing Up , a collection of stories by comics published by the Friars Club. On hand for a panel discussion will be Curb Your Enthusiasm Read More
A good friend called me this week to cluck about her eggs-and it had nothing to do with Easter. She had just come from her knitting circle-you know, one of those modern-day kaffeeklatsches where you dish while supposedly
doing something earnest and practical-and had been informed by a co- tricoteuse that she was “too old Read More
Many people know Denise Rich as the glamorous Democratic fund-raiser at the center of a furious investigation into former President Bill Clinton’s pardon of her ex-husband, financier Marc Rich. Less is known about Ms. Rich’s unscandalous but prosperous career as a lyricist and co-writer of numerous, amorously themed pop songs, from Celine Dion’s hit “Love Read More
Every dog derided as hopelessly uncool in one decade has its day somewhere down the line. Look at the entities that have blossomed under the light of recent reappraisal. Disco? Cool. The Bee Gees? Cool. Burt Bacharach? Cool. Kiss? Cool. Fleetwood Mac? Cool. Such belated iconography is invariably intended ironically but has the effect of Read More
