I got my set of Mad Men Season One DVDs (in the clever Zippo lighter-like box) the other day, and, in anticipation of the start of Season Two on July 27th, immediately plunged into a review of the opening dozen episodes of what is now clearly the best show on television. What’s most interesting about …
WordPress Publisher Blog, widely considered to be the gold standard of publishing software, recently cited the excellent design of the website A Way to Garden (awaytogarden.com). The website, which is written and operated by Margaret Roach, was designed by my friend Ken Smith, who also designed this site. Way to go Ken!
The story rocking my little town of Briarcliff is that of a senior at our high school’s graduation ceremony who marked the occasion by mooning the audience. This act would have been news enough, but then the principal–Jim Kashien, a fine and dedicated public servant known to me–revoked the young man’s diploma and summoned the …
Regular readers of this blog (and Ken Smith, you know who you are), will recognize the name of my friend, the writer Duane Swierczynski. Duane has just published his latest novel Severance Package, a funny and exciting tale of mayhem that updates the Ten Little Indians idea, subtracting some of the whodunit, adding several vats …
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I had a splendid adventure Monday night journeying into the heart of Republican Manhattan for a book party at Patsy’s on West 56th Street in honor of my friend James Rosen and The Strong Man, his new biography of John Mitchell (which received a strong recommendation last Sunday in the Times from William Safire.) Along …
Last week, the good folks from Orvis had a group of magazine editors up to their Sandanona hunting preserve in Milbrook. Among the group were my colleague Chip Rowe and myself, and–brace yourself, pun ahead–we had a blast. Sandanona is a terrific facility, now entering its second century as a preserve, set on 400 beautifully …
The Seattle bullpen at Shea Stadium, Tuesday June 24, around 8 PM
Ah, the smell of horsehide and fresh-mown grass—and that was just on the bus! Yes, it was Tuesday night at the ballpark, as about forty or so Playboy staffers headed off to Shea Stadium on an office outing to see the hapless Seattle Mariners play the even haplessier New York Mets in an inter-league struggle …
Exciting news: “Sex in Iran”, an article by Pari Esfandiari and Richard Buskin that I edited for the May 2007 issue of Playboy, has won the first Sexie Award for sex positive journalism. This award is given by the the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and the Center for Sex & Culture, and “Sex in …
Henri Bendel’s on Fifth Avenue, Monday, June 16th, arund 9:30 AM.