We first saw them one February, scampering around the kitchen, venturing shyly into the living room, squeaking in the emerald-green Victorian couch. Big eyes. Big ears. They were like greeting-card mice, as adorable as Steiff toys.
Nevertheless, they were mice, and they had to go. I got a big hatbox, cut a hole, added some Read More
Handwriting analysis has often been used to link criminals to major crimes. Less common is employing the peculiarities of an individual’s penmanship to link them to graffiti vandalism, as was the case on April 13. The offending scrawl was spotted by a 14-year-old student on a wall of his school, Life Sciences Secondary at 320 Read More
On my last birthday, I decided to buy a parakeet. I’d been out of college for a year and was living in a pet-friendly building in Murray Hill, in an alcove studio also known as “Fort Me.” For the first time in my life, I was living alone, with no boyfriend and no one to Read More
When Sigourney Weaver’s greyhound got married, Ms. Weaver needed a custom-made wedding dress for the “bride.” When Tori Spelling’s pug had a special birthday party, Ms. Spelling needed party favors for her dogs’ friends. And when Uma Thurman’s Chihuahua needed a Valentine’s Day outfit (a pink fur sweater and a Legally Blonde –inspired pink beret), Read More
Bye Bye Birdies
So you have your Cipro, your gas mask, your canned water and your
crank-powered radio. You have a bike locked on the other side of the East River
and your escape route is all planned out. You’ll be fine. Unless, of course,
you’re in the shower alone in your apartment when Read More
