Our manager told us about this new television network that was about to launch, a 24-hour network that was going to play nothing but music videos. They were gonna call it… MTV. Music Television. He played us a few videos that...
Read MoreBroccoli and peppers and My Dad’s Cell Phone When my Dad found his dream spot on top of a mountain in the Catskills in upstate New York, there was nothing there but an empty cinder block garage with a dirt floor and an...
Read MoreMy cousin told me I needed a colonoscopy. This wasn’t just a casual conversation at a bar, or a football game, or in front of the family at Sunday dinner. My cousin was also my doctor. Before that, his Dad–my uncle...
Read MoreA-rabs. The “A” is long, like “A”–Rod. Except A-rabs are a lot more like-able. In Baltimore, they used to have street A-rabs. These guys had brightly colored wagons, pulled by small horses, that were decorated with...
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“Everything I am I owe to pasta.” You know who said that? Sophia Loren. I’ve had a...
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