A highly eclectic, hardly systematic accounting of what I liked best in 2008: 1.) THE ELECTION. What a tremendous drama. The characters were strong and well-drawn–too-good-to-be-true Barack Obama, the redoubtable Hillary Clinton, the indomitable and gracious John McCain, and the brilliantly imagined Sarah Palin, among others–plus the well-plotted series of upsets and comebacks, culminating in …
Since September Cara has been singing with the Lubin Singers, a group of talented vocalists under the direction of Susan Lubin. Last night at Susan’s beautiful home (which she calls The Opera House) we saw the fruits of their efforts. They sang a program of carols that was very lovely, and Susan laid out an …
My pal Bob Love bought me sushi yesterday at a nice place near 46th and Park whose name has already galloped out of my head. He had good news that the yoga book on which he has been working for so long has been making good progress through the editing stages. It was great to …
According to the site mongabay.com, the U.S. Bureau of the Census says MALANOWSKI ranks # 46944 in terms of the most common surnames in the United States for 2000. Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, MALANOWSKI would occur an average of 0.16 times. The Census Bureau says that 95.07 percent were …
Cara and I spent the morning with our friends Paul and Nadia Lindstrom shooting clays at the splendid facility at Orvis Sandanona in Milbrook. We had a lot of fun, especially Cara, who got to drive a golf cart.
The writer Lynn Phillips, who a few days ago requested a copy of the article “When Disney Ruled America” that I wrote for Spy, has written with her comments: “The article does indeed live up. Particularly once Eisner gets into power.The writing has an antic energy – a feeling of rushing faster and faster down …
“No editor or publisher ever wakes up in the morning, looks out his window, and scans the landscape for a brilliant writer who’s just too shy to put himself or herself forward. It’s a put yourself forward business, at every level.” Hey–that’s me talking, in an interview with Derek Alger in pif magazine, a very …
Lunch yesterday was provided by my pal Ryan D’Agostino, one of the stalwarts at Esquire. We ate in the Hearst employees’ cafeteria, which is located in the very cool atrium of the newish Hearst Building on Eighth Avenue. An excellent amenity. Ryan is excited about his new book, Rich Like Them, which will be published …