I've never seen a porno, and I've never bought a car. Now, I've got to do one of those. Guess which? The car! Gee, what did you think? If you don't live in NYC, which I have for my entire adult life, the fact that I've never bought a car will be the more surprising of those Continue Reading
I've been holding off on writing about the invitations to my twins' B'nai Mitzvah until they went out. But now that it's done: Ta da! These totally original, customized viewmasters were made by Image 3D. I can't even take credit for the idea, Amy from Chandelier Events told me about it. It's pretty Continue Reading
Bar Mitzvah season is upon me. And I must admit, I usually just write a check. But gifts can be nice, too. Especially when they're one of these: fun, cool, unique, and at every price point. An entire classic novel in poster form. Plus, they make posters out of celebrity twitter feeds. Continue Reading
I've been looking for a new coffee table. Trolling Houzz and Design Sponge. And I finally found one I love. Sort of a bummer that it's $42,000. And no, I didn't add a zero by mistake. Ah well. Back to the drawing board. Continue Reading
I grew up in a family that never paid retail. Oh, it wasn't that we couldn't afford it. We could. We never paid retail because it simply wasn't done. Besides, we were Jews, and there was a Loehmann's nearby. Shopping there was a biological imperative. I still remember my first trip to the Continue Reading
I like to joke that I live in the suburbs. The strollers, the families, the dogs. The big box stores like Staples and Barnes and Noble. Oh, and subways, and crowds, and apartments and doormen. See, I am an Upper West Sider. There is not a whole lot of cache to living on the Upper West Side of Continue Reading
We’ve had such a run unseasonably warm weather here in New York, it’s kind of hard to complain, even now that it’s gotten cold. But I’m not going to let that stop me. Continue Reading
Recently, I went shopping at Duane Reade, the New York convenience store, and it made me think of Times Square. If you grew up in New York, or if you've been here more than 20 years, or if you've seen any Scorcese movie made in the 1970's, then you remember when Times Square was seedy. You Continue Reading
Yesterday, dear reader, I left off my tale of blogger-woe at the point at which I had vanquished my underwhelming-techie self over at Qualcomm, only to find myself oversized for Lands End. A breif recap: I went to a Qualcomm super techie press conference. I am not even a sub-super techie. But I Continue Reading
Would you take your 8 year old to an R rated movie? Probably not. Would you let them play arcade games that feature graphic violence. Of course you wouldn't. But if you're not aware of the ESRB ratings, chances are you're letting your kids play DS, Wii or Xbox games that are not at all Continue Reading