We had a swell time the day after Christmas by hydroplaning down to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and joining the gang for dinner at Dominick’s. The always-crowded family style restaurant had long been one of favorite haunts, and though Ginny and I had not eaten there for ten years or so, we had spent …
The usual Christmas Eve gang evidenced some new tricks the home of Cathy Gallagher and Tim Hart, pulling out the old chestnut, charades. Smooth Criminal. Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb. Avatar. The Audacity of Hope. Going Rogue. Tiger Woods. Up. Smiles all around. UP: Greg and Susan; …
Had an interesting change-of-pace day yesterday courtesy of Smart Box, an eight year-old French firm that is coming to the US. Smart Box is in the business of selling gift experiences–instead of buying a friend a scarf or a tie or the usual boring thing as a present, you can buy him or her an …
Happy birthday Molly, 22 years old (okay, tomorrow.) Here’s a wish for a long life full of happiness, pretty girl. (Photo taken at the Cheesecake Factory in White Plains, where the four of us had a pleasant, overpriced dinner.)
We spent an exciting and somewhat hectic weekend in beautiful Central New Jersey, where Cara was participating in the Equestrian Talent Search at Centenary College in Hackettstown (Just to be precise, the event was at Centenary’s Equestrian Center, which is actually in Long Valley. On Middle Valley Road in Long Valley. Atop a mountain on …
Cara passed her driver’s test yesterday. I’m proud of her. She practiced all summer. Did a good job. Maintained the speed limit. Left a lot of distance between her and the car in front of her. Used good judgment. When we got home, predictably enough, she wanted the keys. Needed to go to the supermarket. …
All I can say is, if ever you had the opportunity to be a child (or grandchild) in the good graces of Irene Malanowski, take the job. In all my life, I never doubted my mother’s love, and I do not think it is at all a debatable proposition that for the first 15 or …
Trawling through photo albums last week, I found these wonderful pictures. Left, Kurt and Kate Andersen; above, George Kalogerakis, Rachel Urquhart, Spike and Graydon Carter. Below left, Molly Malanowski and me. These three photos were taken in 1989 at Kurt’s place in Putnam County. Below right, Molly, earlier that same year, in our apartment in …
Molly totaled our Toyota on the Taconic last week, just south of the 202 exit headed north. She sustained no damage. Thank God for crumple zones. It is, of course, horrifying to contemplate what might have been.
. . .on the roof of the famous Puck Building, much of the staff of Spy assembled. These were friends of mine. Photos by Julie Mihaly, courtesy Natasha Lessink. In the top picture, Constance Drayton, Cindy Arlinsky, John Brodie, Ben Svetkey, Rachel Urquhart, George Kalagerakis, Elissa Schappell, Kurt Andersen, Cynthia Cotts, Joe Mastrianni, Graydon Carter, …