
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT mary and i officially hand over the reins of the reading series to adam and thomas. magnolia cupcakes, scotch and plenty of verse from mary and me, albert zayden, john schertzer and kathleen krause, shanna compton, jordan davis, mark bibbins,amy holman and jon thirkield. if you live in nyc, get yo ass […]

BECAUSE VEUVE IS BOUGHT BY THE CASE at uncle john’s house, the other fabulous memory i have of that weekend was taking a shower in the huge outdoor shower next to the guest cottage, sipping my champagne under sunny skies and relaxing in a big white fluffy bathrobe, glass in hand, hair wet. that weekend, […]

SHPILKES is what i had last saturday afternoon. it means in yiddish, ants in the pants. this was among the many yiddishisms sam and joshie taught me last night. two other ones also. one that meant chutzpah but more than chutzpah (which i can’t remember what it was) and then we discussed the merits of […]