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I just saw Patti Lupone in Gypsy on Broadway surrounded by tourists, theatre groupies (who were comparing the last 10 shows they had seen with each other) and people from Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey.  It felt like an ultimate New York experience but honestly, probably most New Yorkers avoid this stuff like the [...]

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I don’t think I’m allergic to the bus per se.   But someone has to explain to me why every day last week I managed to miss it by about 90 seconds.  I walk out of my house and see it (and often another one right behind) pulling cheerfully away from my stop.
And — of course [...]

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Ideally, I’d like to not pass 10 police cars gathered at the intersection 3 blocks away from my bus stop.  Also, I would prefer not to see those same streets blocked off to traffic with a car with all of its doors open in the middle of the street.  And If I have a choice, [...]

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Hey America.  You come to my more-than-a-city-less-than-a-state, you drive on my roads to get to Mall, you rely on my police force to protect you, you throw your trash in my garbage cans, you ride my public transportation during rush hour and really, that’s OK.  Because all I ask in return is that you let [...]

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I went to the Amish Market in Upper Marlboro on Saturday and it was weird.  It was good too, don’t get me wrong; I adore whoopie pies and pretzels.  But it was weird because:
1.You cannot find two populations more different from each other than the Amish and the population of Upper Marlboro Prince George’s County,Maryland.  [...]

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Now that I and various and sundry friends and co-workers have ranted about this morning’s ruling from the Supreme Court on the Second Amendment, time to get a little perspective.

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I’d like to extend an invitation to Chief Justice John Roberts, along with his buddies Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, to come hang out in my neighborhood some late, hot summer night. Then maybe they can explain to me why now — rather than just worrying about the usual craps players, the bored teenagers, [...]

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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
The Next Millionaires by Paul Zane Pilzer
Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
The Dogs of Babel: A Novel by Carolyn Parkhurst

I should post photos of who was reading what but honestly, if you read the book synopses, you can stereotype them pretty accurately.

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So how’s that checkpoint thing going? Well, no one got shot in the neighborhood since they set it up so if you are using that as your guidepost, then everything is great! Just ignore the 8 people that did get shot last night because you’ll notice on the map that none of [...]

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So yesterday, a couple of hours before the checkpoint went up down the block, I get a visit from a door-to-door salesman. He works for … wait for it …. a security systems company and wanted to let me know about the latest upgrades to their system.
Coincidence? He says yes. I say [...]

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