Steve Martin’s new novel, An Object of Beauty, is a true delight if you’re into Sex and the City, art world scandal, and coming-of-age stories. As with his first book, Shopgirl, Steve Martin continues to amaze me for his effortless impersonation of a twenty-two-year-old girl. Sometimes I feel like he has employed a ghost writer [...]

A friend of mine went on a date with a former work colleague this week. She was excited to finally explore her crush. The evening was enhanced by some specialty cocktails (the guy is typical Brooklyn and owns a bitters company). It started off well and ended with him insisting that she take one of [...]

Subway etiquette in New York City is abominable. This week I encountered a girl (with a dreadful spray tan that gave her an orange glow) who had positioned a small box on the subway seat in front of her. I asked her if she could move the box so that I could sit down. She [...]

“The world has gotten so boring. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m not looking for a disaster—I’ve had enough of those since 9/11… But Everyone’s just looking at their screens all day and no one has an original fucking thought. It’s all shopping, looking at pictures–it might as well be porn. Why doesn’t everyone [...]

It’s almost a New Year, and you know what that means? There are finally some decent movies in theaters! My personal favorite right now is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer (who looks just like my Bavarian great uncle), etc.
It has everything a person could want out of [...]

I recently deleted my Facebook account. I realized that people use Facebook as a way of feeling like they are staying connected to their friends and family when they really aren’t. It’s disgusting. By reading your friend’s status updates, you get a false impression that you are interacting with them. Facebook has done an incredible [...]

FOMO stands for “Fear Of Missing Out.” I think it’s a thing for your college years and early twenties. It’s when you hear about a party in some kid’s dorm room, or when some Manhattan party promoter texts you that Kanye West will be appearing at X Nightclub and you HAVE to come, and you [...]

Last weekend my sister and I hosted a Christmas party. It was a very subdued, almost funereal affair, in spite of the copious amounts of honey vodka and wine. Luckily, our downstairs neighbors were hosting a different genre of holiday part that involved festive green Jello shots and Texans.
We ended the evening by dancing in [...]

I’m sure you’ve all heard about this gorgeous must-see Lars Von Trier film starring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg as rich people coping with the end of the world. Everyone seems to have a love or hate opinion about Melancholia, and my verdict is: A+
Justine (Dunst) is a gorgeous young bride with a successful career [...]

My sister celebrated her birthday last week at the Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a historic New England inn located in the quaint town in which we grew up. It turns out that the saloon there is a great place to meet sexy European men.
A tall handsome man [...]