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Dec, 2017

Drip, Drip…

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a resolution, but this year I told myself I’d take one picture a week – specifically, a picture which encapsulates…

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Jan, 2015

You spin me right round…

Winter in NYC. First snowfall and my shitty minivan got stuck at the bottom of a hill. Our house is on the top of the…

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Nov, 2014

Good News and Bad News

A new friend told me that any tour of her family’s new house includes a look at her new boiler, which represents a chunk of…

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Sep, 2014

My third arm.

I’m sure there’s a funny list somewhere of jimmy-rigged body parts parents wished they had — an actual eye in the back of our heads,…

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May, 2014

Fruit and Veg, NYC Style

There were some things I knew would better here (live theater, blah, blah) but I wasn’t expecting access to great produce to be one of…

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Apr, 2014

Passover Irony

I had to write a short article about Passover, for which I needed a picture of food in my minivan. So I opened a box…

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Feb, 2014

The Van

I’ve made no secret of my disdain for the minivan. But lately I’ve been feeling sorry for both our cars. They were both purchased on…

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Jun, 2013

Heartburn, Viagra, and Bullet-Dodging.

I can’t call it a coincidence because I know better, but Bennett leaves for sleep-away camp in a couple of hours and I’ve been doubled…

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Oct, 2012

Idiot on the Roof

My boys seem to regard the roof of the minivan as the extra bedroom we just don’t have. I often walk out to find Efram…

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Sep, 2012

I just came for the ladies and the drinks.

In another seemingly endless car ride from the house to the pool, one of the boys begins to tell me about this “kid” he knows.…