Inspired by the spine-chilling, awww-inspiring, tired, and timeless costumes of Villagers this year. Let’s hope a few of my references fade into irrelevance, sooner rather than later… For the trick-or-treater who keeps up with news both local and national: One Month’s Rent for a One-Bedroom Apartment, Anywhere in the Village All you need is a […]
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“In the season of summer, with all its labors, then it is that goats are fattest, wine is best, women are most wanton, and men are weakest; for Sirius dries up their heads…” Hesiod’s Works and Days, translated by Gregory Nagy Lethargy, lassitude, lust… sic transit every one of my teenage summers! But I have
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I have dedicated my life so far to the study of love and of romantic convention. For as long I can remember, I have been a romantic: first hopeless, then reckless, now erring on the side of pragmatic. I have made a fool of myself for love many times over, broken countless hearts (my own
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I think I can count the number of museums that I visited in 2024 on one hand. I suppose that if I included libraries and gardens in that figure, I might extend a few more fingers. Still, it’s not a sum of which I am proud. Whenever I make up my mind to go to
It’s January, the museums will be less crowded Read More »
One frigid afternoon in late December, many years ago, my brother and I hopped on a train headed for Grand Central. Upon our arrival, we marveled briefly at the constellations and the narrow walkways between the high windows, before transferring to a downtown express. We couldn’t stifle our grins and the train couldn’t hurtle past
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