“I’m a giraffe,” Sophia Loren once said. “I even walk like a giraffe—with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.” Dumb but dignified, J. M. Ledgard would doubtless respond. If his first novel doesn’t quite put the world’s tallest mammals on a pedestal, it still leaves you thinking rather more Read More
“I’m a giraffe,” Sophia Loren once said. “I even walk like a giraffe—with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.” Dumb but dignified, J. M. Ledgard would doubtless respond. If his first novel doesn’t quite put the world’s tallest mammals on a pedestal, it still leaves you thinking rather Read More
When Danny was a kid, he and his cousin Howie—an awkward, overweight, nerdy sort of boy who didn’t really fit in—used to play together at family gatherings. But one day, Danny, following his older cousin Rafe (“not the oldest cousin but the one they all listened to”), led Howie down into a mazelike cave somewhere Read More
I’m always talking about how smart people on the internet are, what about how stupid they are? A commenter called Ludwig Von Schaffner uses my latest take on my Jewish problem to say that Jews are responsible for gas chambers. I find that comment appalling and am sorry my site has attracted it. (I Read More
It’s an amusing idea. At Le Zinc, those who can’t afford Chanterelle’s stratospheric prices can eat the food David Waltuck has been dishing up for that restaurant’s staff for the past two decades (known in the business as “the family meal”). His new Tribeca bistro, which he co-owns with his wife Karen, is like the Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
