On How Many Crickets Can't You Hear?
This is absolutely wonderful! Except that when the internet-looking-glass reminds me that I am old, it is a relief. I don't have to be cool anymore!
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On What's Invisible At Harvard: A Conversation
@Samantha Seconded by another non-harvard ivy league grad. I did get a good education, bookwise, and I also got a more insidious education in How People Act In Order to Win in the World that, frankly, I would have been happy to skip. Except maybe it was a good (if painful) lesson to learn early in life, IDK.
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On Prince Philip's Greatest Hits and Blunders
Shit my duke of edinburgh says.
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On Somewhere To Cry About
Oh wait, I know: Worst place, Conde Nast cafeteria.
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On Somewhere To Cry About
Bars = best and worst place to cry in NYC, all in one. True story: I was crying at Odeon, in 1994, at about 4 am, and David Letterman suddenly materialized and asked me what was wrong.
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On Here's What Happens If You Don't Do Your Taxes
You can even do taxes yourself: it sucks, but you start to really get how much money you are giving the govts., whether it goes up or down each year, how tax brackets and the marriage subsidy work, and the insane income tax breaks that some people get. One year I called the IRS people MULTIPLE times with questions and they were informative and helpful! But truly, the NYS people are truly mean.
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On Hakkasan is Coming to New York! Here's What to Expect
Regular column, please.
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On The Most Emailed 'New York Times' Article Ever
"once-gritty". I love you?
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On Elements of Trolldom: Katie Roiphe and Pico Iyer
Is it me, or is Katie Roiphe more and more like a watered-down Andrea Peyser for the booky set?