I have a modest proposal for society. Can we please stop punching one another before we’ve even had our morning coffee? Over the last two weeks, my commuter rides have turned into an unintended sociological field study. Twice, I’ve watched arguments erupt in front of me, escalating into […]
I was watching Victim/Suspect, a documentary about people who reported sexual assaults and then found themselves accused of filing false police reports. The police would announce that the alleged victim was being charged with making a false report, as though the mere existence of a charge settled the […]
There are many ways to ruin your day. Forgetting your anniversary. Discovering your favorite show has been canceled. Finding out that the cookies you’ve been saving for a special occasion have mysteriously disappeared. And then there’s confiding in artificial intelligence and having your diary entries forwarded to the […]
What’s the best way to explore a new city? Everyone has their own travel philosophy. Some people take bus tours. Others visit every museum listed in the guidebook. Some plan their itineraries down to the minute, leaving no room for spontaneity or the possibility of accidentally discovering something […]
I have a small obsession with tracking weird crimes. Although weird might be too narrow a definition. Unusual crimes. Bizarre crimes. Crimes that make you stop scrolling and think, Wait. What the actual heck? I don’t necessarily want to solve them. I’m not planning to start a corkboard […]
There are some things in life that I know I will never do. Run a marathon, for example. I have great respect for people who voluntarily run 26.2 miles. I also have great respect for people who voluntarily do other things I find incomprehensible, like camping, hiking uphill […]
This morning, while riding the train, I found myself surrounded by people shopping on Amazon. Not talking. Not reading. Not scrolling aimlessly through Instagram pretending to be interested in someone’s vacation. Shopping. Amazon Prime Deal Days had apparently turned the train into a mobile shopping mall. I started […]
I miss dinner parties. Not the Pinterest dinner parties. Not the perfectly curated tablescape with twelve matching wine glasses and an appetizer that requires a microplane, three reductions and a culinary degree. I mean the old kind. People came over. We ate. We drank. We talked. Sometimes we […]
The genie grants you a wish. What is it? If I were granted one wish today, I wonder what I would ask for. Years ago, it would have been easy. Money. A certain amount, preferably obscene but not tacky. A house. Maybe true love. Although, honestly, I’m still […]
October may be shaping up to be epic. Five Fridays. FIVE. Five opportunities to sigh dramatically at the end of the workweek and declare, I have survived another one. And five Saturdays! Five glorious little permission slips to sleep, rest, party, wander, do absolutely nothing, or do everything […]
