JP has been at “summer camp” since the start of the week. His summer camp is at the same pre-school that he attended all year; only difference, so far as I can tell is that they use a sprinkler at their rooftop playground. Only problem is that they haven’t used it yet, the sprinkler, that …
Monthly Archives: July 2011
How Shall We Kill My Daughter Today?
This happens sometimes: It’ll be 7:30-ish, and I’ll be in the kitchen, starting to get dinner ready. I’ll be chopping onions, or crushing Sichuan peppercorns, when in walks Jean from the other room. I’ll look at her quizzically and ask, “Where’s Sasha?” I ask this because the last I knew, Sasha was having a bath. …
My Kid’s First Movie-Theater Movie: What Should It Be?
At a July 4th picnic in Prospect Park, our good friends John and Mai told us they’d recently brought their kid, Leo, to see Cars 2: Electric Boogaloo at a real, honest-to-gosh movie theater. He liked it, of course; he was already a fan of Cars 1: The Merchandising Begins. But for a moment I …
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Vacation: The Return, the Malaise
As some few of you may have noticed, I have been absent from the site for about a week, during which time I traveled to Minnesota, where my brother lives with his wife and two daughters. We didn’t do much during that week other than relax, at their swimming club, at a lake outside of …