I was involved in a hit and run.  Well, more accurately, my car was.  I was somewhere else, just living my life, paying no attention. It happened in one of three places.  At the Bel Age Hotel, Lucques restaurant or in front of Felice’s house. I used to be super-vigilant.  Checking my car for injury […]

Sometimes you remember who you are. I’m here in the Poconos.  Actually, I have no idea where I am.  I got off the plane at Kennedy and I ended up here.  Where here is?  An hour from Camelback, that’s what the desk clerk said.  I thought we’d be closer to Pennsylvania’s largest ski resort.  Then […]

Just tell them BORIS SENT YOU! It had a white label.  At least that’s how I remember it. My mother bought our earliest 45s.  She got a kick out of "Big Girls Don’t Cry", "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and "Purple People Eater".  But I bought "Loco-Motion" and "Monster Mash". It was […]

I’m going to be a happy idiotAnd struggle for the legal tender I don’t start early.  Nighttime is too exciting.  It’s when the phone and e-mail quiet down and the world is my own.  Obligations are history and I get to choose my course.  Winding down is almost impossible.  Do I want to surf the […]