I don’t even own an iPhone but I have to tout this cool app.  We had cremini mushrooms and chicken breasts sitting in the fridge and wanted to find a recipe. We generally relyy on Epicurious, but this free app, when cruising a store and in need of ideas, is pretty brilliant. You can spin [...]

As a songwriter, I have often been tied to the hope that my music will reach audiences, and yes, bring in money.  If writing, recording, performing is what I love to spend my time doing, it would be nice.  Last week’s South by Southwest keynote by Wired’s Chris Anderson was all about how “free” is [...]

I’m a lazy umbrella buyer.  My roommate in college always used a red one. “It casts a nice glow on you on a rainy day,” she’d say. This is true.  I think there are many adorable umbrellas out there, but I always end up with a nondescript black one, caught off guard or reluctant to [...]

I was driving in my car in my hometown and listening to an alternative radio station while having a conversation with M. about all that was going wrong. It was a sucky summer.  This song came on the radio and I was mesmerized.  The first bar alone—just the piano notes–brought tears to my eyes.  Then [...]

Last night, I came home to a team of 10 police cars, 2 undercover cars and an SUV parked down the street in front of my apartment building. A gaggle of helmet-clad SWAT team members were in a huddle outside my apartment building as well. I personalize everything so my first thought was, “maybe M [...]

Good words. I used to work on E. 52nd and the East River in an office space my then boss used on the ground floor of an imposing yet stately apartment building.  The neighborhood was very residential and, unlike most of New York, very quiet during the day.  One day, I noticed a flood of [...]

The other night, I had a few extra minutes between an appointment and a dinner and went into my favorite place to be when I have time to spare–The Strand.  Walking through the desks arranged with literarature’s greatest hits, I felt a mix of overwhelm, possibility, awe.  I love bookstores for providing information on anything [...]

Very excited  and ready for spring. Not many of us are fans of the bitter cold.  But the snow… It’s so beautiful for a hot second before the ploughs and slush.  I love the sound of it falling.  It really does make a sound. I wrote this during a recent snowfall in February: There is [...]