
A few days after I was fired, an ex-coworker I was just beginning to get to know and like reached out to me on LinkedIn: Continue reading “Starting Again.”

A few days after I was fired, an ex-coworker I was just beginning to get to know and like reached out to me on LinkedIn: Continue reading “Starting Again.”

A few weeks ago Tom and I walked past the new Barney’s downtown store in Chelsea. We were wandering around without agenda so I suggested we go in. Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts”

Two years and forever ago, I took a “master class” with Zoe Heller, who wrote What Was She Thinking: Notes On a Scandal which was then adapted into a movie I loved called Notes on a Scandal, starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Continue reading “What I’m Reading: The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.”

Do you ever get overwhelmed – in a moment of mundane stillness – by a wave of strangeness? Like you’re losing your footing? Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on The Final Frontier”

I forget where I was going. Downtown to meet a friend at a cafe or to run an errand just to get myself out of the house. Somewhere. But the train was crowded with people in thick coats and I was already pushed up against one of the poles.
Continue reading “A New York Conversation”

Tom is away this week on a business trip to San Francisco, a city we both like to shit on because it literally gets shit on all the time. Don’t believe me? Check out this poo map. Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on San Francisco”

I once thought I was dating a guy who was strangely prim yet chivalrous. Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on Musicals”

On the morning of Monday November 11, 2013, Tom and I chatted online. Continue reading “All I Want for Valentine’s Day is an Indian Buffet”

My furniture came in two separate shipments. Continue reading “Moving Into My Upper West Side Studio: A New York Memory”

Tom thinks I am the worst driver in the world. While “worst” is a strong word, it’s true that I am not the best. But for those who know me (and for those who don’t), this is part of my charm.* Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on Cars (and My Driving)”