This is why I hate the book business. There’s been a raft of publicity for William Deresiewicz’s book “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life” wherein the author decries the soft choices of today’s Ivy League graduates. But I can’t buy it. Oh, it began in “The […]

New York City, just like I pictured it! Does anybody catch “Innervisions” references anymore? You know, “Living For The City”? That’s from the break. Anyway, the people watching is incredible. The older I get the more I realize that’s what it’s all about, interacting, having conversations, and I spent the afternoon at Q Prime, and […]

We all live so close to that line And so far from satisfaction “Song For Sharon” Joni Mitchell He was one of us. A baby boomer who seemed not to fly above the fray, but to be part of it. A man so gifted we wondered where he got it from, with a demeanor that […]

My mother sneaks into the movies. I’m here for a wedding. Actually, I already went. Saw Lloyd Blankfein, was dying to talk to him, but you know backstage rules, unless you’re introduced they never treat you right, so I didn’t. Before that I stopped at the Varvatos store. That’s the power of Howard Stern, John […]