It’s not like they didn’t warn us. Yesterday it was a 112 degrees in Portland, Oregon. But I don’t live in Portland, Oregon. Ever been in weather that hot? I have, in Sharm El Sheik. Back when it was still part of Israel, before it was given back to Egypt, when it was a tent […]

https://bit.ly/35Xwe7o People hate Padma Lakshmi. I learned this researching her after watching her Hulu food show, “Taste the Nation.” I highly recommend it. Padma travels across the nation to focus on specific cultures and the food they eat. Sure, she goes to El Paso for Mexican, in an episode entitled “Burritos at the Border,” but […]

They were racing in France. In 1962 I went to SAAC Camp in Westport, Connecticut. It was based at a school that no longer exists, I’ve searched for it a number of times, both in real life and online, and finally its destruction has been documented in Google Maps, I was never sure if it […]

Last night Felice journeyed to her sister’s house for an “In the Heights” viewing party (I did not go, I still do not have enough B-cells to retake the vaccine). After eating Mexican food and Marie Callender’s pies, six fully vaccinated people sat in front of the 75″ OLED screen and watched the movie on […]