It was late. The house was quiet in that way it only gets when everyone else is asleep and your thoughts decide it’s their time to shine. I was half-watching, half-absorbing Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Unstoppable”. As expected, it wandered into controversial territory. Dave does not […]
Every year around this time, there’s a musical inevitability. Like gravity. Like glitter in your coat pockets until March. Mariah Carey arrives. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is basically the holiday’s emotional North Star. Thirty years old, somehow ageless, both nostalgic and aggressively modern. The moment […]
Apparently, 2025 was the year people started flirting with the idea of breaking up with the internet. Analog bags are a thing now. Phone-free parties. Digital sabbaths. People announcing publicly, online that they are logging off. Which is ironic. But also understandable. Because the vibe has shifted. The […]
I watched Die Hard again this week. Yes, again. And yes, it is a Christmas movie. I will not be taking questions at this time. Once you’ve lived in Los Angeles, watching Die Hard becomes a scavenger hunt. You stop following the plot and start clocking landmarks. Oh, […]
When I was a little kid growing up in the Bronx, Christmas gifts didn’t always come with batteries or flashing lights. Some came with pages. Thick ones. One year, I received a giant coloring book so big it felt like it needed its own ZIP code filled with […]
I love the holidays. I love this season. I love the lights, the warmth, the collective permission to be softer and louder at the same time. I love joy. I love giving. I love finding the gift. The one that says “I see you” without requiring a long […]
Today is a very specific kind of day. It is not Christmas Eve.It is slightly past Hanukkah.It is the eve to the eve and we’re on the narrow bridge of Chrismukkah that we walk every year in our house with mild delight and moderate chaos. It’s the in-between […]
Life has officially gotten ridiculous. I say this as someone who generally rolls with the punches, believes reality is fluid, and accepts that nothing ever goes exactly as planned. But even I had to pause this week and reread a headline that felt less like news and more […]
What was the last thing you did for play or fun? People ask this question as if fun is a single event. A checkbox.A laminated memory card you pull out on demand. “What’s the last thing you did for fun?” Listen.It’s not like I did one thing. I […]
There comes a moment, usually near the end of the year, when you realize you are tired. Not nap tired.LBut soul tired. The kind of tired that comes from carrying anger, hurt, old conversations, imagined rebuttals, and people who no longer deserve front-row seating in your mind. It’s […]
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