“I don’t want to see that woman,” Sophie said sharply as we navigated rain puddles on the concrete path to the little park and rec classroom where they hold practice for Special Olympics cheerleading Saturday mornings. It had been a whole week, but I knew exactly who she meant. I’d been thinking about that woman, […]

I was scrolling through Instagram when the word “nigga” caught my eye.  Not something you see every day when you follow a bunch of food geeks and restaurant PR people. It was part of a screen shot of a series of text messages — made no sense, lots of gobbledygook, dumb drunk behavior, it appeared […]

The other night at a gallery opening, a beautiful woman I don’t know very well approached me in tears. “I need to tell you I’m sorry,” she said. “Do you know why?” I did. Back up 20 minutes. I was having a pleasant conversation with this woman and her date, a writer in from LA […]

“Is this a book for kids?” Sophie asked, shoving something in my face. Considering she’d already asked this morning if she could watch an episode of “Girls” on the DVR (i didn’t realize I could move that quickly before 7 a.m.) I was ready to say no. Then I looked. “Yes,” I said carefully, looking […]

Naming it was hard. There were so many choices. My first thought was “Guns as Roses,” or “Guns ‘n Poses,” then “Pistol Whipped.” “Project Gunway.” “Put a Gun on It.” In the end, it was “Gun Show.” “Gun Show” was taken on Instagram (why was I surprised?) so after some trial and error, it’s “2013 […]