Dear Sasha, Please watch this movie. If you grow up to be like this young lady, I will be very happy. Love, Daddy
Monthly Archives: December 2009
THE TANTRUM: Our Glowing Contaminant
(Ed. note: This post inaugurates a new series, “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week.) TV or not TV: In our house, that’s not the question. I consume too much of it, but my wife and I have decided that our little guy …
Dad vs. Bizarro-Dad
Sunday afternoon Jean, Sasha and I hopped the G train over to Williamsburg for brunch at a friend’s house. On the surface, this was a normal Brooklyn-type event: a dozen or so creative types (photographers, writers, designers) eating croissants and spinach-mushroom frittatas and drinking mimosas; four young children were playing with expensive imported wooden toys; …
Spoiled in St. Louis
Thanks to the giant vanilla Slurpee that landed on New York this weekend, my flight out of St. Louis was canceled and I have another day in rural Missouri, on a hilltop above the Dickey Bub Farm and Home emporium. I’d like to thank Continental Airlines, by the way, for being an industry leader in delaying …