When it comes to weddings, I think of breakup songs, and when it comes to birthdays, I think of death. I’m still the girl who smears her name with her pinky, and wears the cake icing on her nose before…
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silk purses and sow ears
July 9, 2008
An article I’d written for now-defunct Jane Magazine on Couples Therapy
“Couples therapy before you’re married?”
“Hell, no. You don’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”
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“If it’s not easy at twenty-six, it won’t be easier…
rsvp yes, then don’t bother
September 30, 2006
When surveying 100 people (or at least 100 blog readers), I ask, “What excuse do you give when you RSVP ‘Yes’ to a wedding and then not show up?”
She didn’t give an excuse. She didn’t pick up a phone. …
back + whacks
September 30, 2004
There are many places in Manhattan where men get jerked off on rubber couches after their body massages for around 80 bucks. In conversations with friends, they mimic a scale, their hands outstretched in front of them, “Let’s see, pay…
dancing about architecture
May 19, 2004
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I shook hands with McDonald’s. I even gave him my card. Michael McDonald was the tour manager for the Dave Matthews Band before he co-founded ATO Records, whose roster includes David Gray, John…









October 13, 2008
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