5 Things That Scare Me

5. The worst music videos of all time were all made between 1979-1985. Those should have been crucial formative years for my aesthetic sensibilities. Instead, I made Toto mix tapes. See NPR’s Bottom 8…the horror. 4. Now Serving 7 Billion– Guess why I’m not having kids? Just doing my bit for the planet. See “World Population: A National…

The Catbird Seat

Full disclosure: I’m a Josh Habiger fan. And friend. So anything I’m about to type regarding his astonishing new restaurant, The Catbird Seat, is likely to reflect a certain hyper-subjectivity, produced by the gigantic chef-crush that I have on the guy. Hal and I became a Habiger devotee from across the bar at The Patterson…

С женским днём! (Happy Women’s Day)

“Don’t forget to call Lidia Yakovlyevna tomorrow,” my émigré friend Inna reminded me yesterday at our weekly Russian lesson. “For the holiday.” I searched my mind frantically. I always feel so proud when Inna and her husband Victor tell me I’m “practically Russian”–usually when I’m happily scarfing down a plate of smoked herring or beef…