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I Have Michael’s Glove! Should I Save It Or Sell It on eBay?

There’s nothing more depressing than having to watch history being made from the sidelines; I’m talking about the Michael Jackson
By Ralph Gardner Jr.

Boys’ Night Out: A Beatnik Walking Tour With Dear Old Dad

Feeling a bit goofy from my cousin’s wedding, my son and I emerged around midnight from the D.J. din of
By Rex Weiner

House-Sitting Politics: Food, Perfume, Dogs– All Mine! Or Is It?

I’m typing this on someone else’s computer while listening to her PJ Harvey CD on her stereo, occasionally glancing out
By Maura Kelly

Dad the Psychoanalyst Doesn’t Understand Why Writer Son Hates Words

By Ethan Hauser

Inverted Selfishness: Thank You, New York, For Tucking In My Tag

By Sloane Crosley

Cleavage vs. Crime: Do Law & Order Starlets Pretty Up to Move Up?

By Molly Haskell

The College (Un)Fair: Step Right Up, Kids, To Big Anxiety Assembly

By J.C. Barker

One-Man Memorial Day: Ritual on Riverside; Remember Grandma

By Julia Scully

The Motherhood Club: Catty New York Gals Purr Over Big Bellies

By Pamela Ryckman

Real Real-Estate Woes: Cramped Space Means Shushes, not Shags

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

Hey, Where You From?: I’m More at Home In Mideast Than Midwest

By Ann Marlowe

Two Different Hats: Bashful Society Belle, Brash Fan of Brooklyn

By Pamela Weiler Grayson

Remembering Rosie: A Brave Single Mother Ahead of Her Time

By Laura Shaine Cunningham

Un-Masked Man: Who Is That Kazakh, Or Don’t You Know Ali G?

By Maura Kelly

Mommy Mimics: So Having a Baby Wasn’t Just My Idea?

By Katherine Stewart

Pica, Vestigial Tails: Fave Icky Obsessions Bad for Finding Love

By Regan Good

Uptown Dad Shows Son Wilderness of LES: How Hip! How Edgy!

By Ken Krimstein

Elegy for a Friend: He Perished Alone And Far Too Young

By Sara Vilkomerson

Tough Times for Obits: Pope, Bellow, Cochran–Will Dad Make the Cut?

By Ralph Gardner Jr.

Southern in the City: Manners, Magnolia, Defuse the F-Bomb

By Kathryn Williams

Your Head, Examined: Clear Winter’s Cobwebs With Handy News Quiz!

By Bruce Feirstein

Smell Her Misery! And Be Nice to Those Perfume Sample Girls

By K. Emily Bond

Ack, I’m Turning 30! Crow’s Feet, Gray Hairs–But Can’t I Stop Time?

By Hillary Frey

Condé Nast Lust! Nose Pressed to Glass, Eyes on 4 Times Sq.

By Regan Good
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