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Tonight—more theater, more eating.Lauren’s here to do some election grieving. I invited her along to our second-night of theater going: “The Gospel at Colonus” at The Apollo Theater in Harlem.Classmate Molly got the tickets and classmate James said, “Let’s all eat at the M&G Diner before the show.”Lauren came in from Penn Station late so…

Photographs by my colleague James Felder, formerly of Marvel Comics and visible on the web here.Theater-going means dinner-eating, since shows start at 8 and you don’t want to sit there hungry.Last night we went to see “Symphony Fantastique.” This show takes Berlioz’s symphony and sets it to what is advertised as an underwater puppet show.…

What a difference a day makes.I woke up this morning miserable, horrified, and really really sad. Alex Ross’s blog made me tear up a bit just now with this passage: “But if you happen to wake up one fine day feeling deeply troubled, if a sensation of animal fear stops you from doing much of…

After reading many of your comments, it has come to my attention that I may get arrested for my great cookie plan. My family’s already been hassled by Republican thugs and this morning I woke up with a dead fish on my head. We’re playing with fire here.Here’s how I’d like to do this. All…

Are you a Republican? Do you like cookies? I have a proposition for you.Sure, sure, this is a big election. Much at stake. Lives on the line. Grand epic consequences.But think about cookies. Aren’t they delicious? Don’t you like them? Aren’t cookies good?Let’s make a deal. You vote for Kerry and I’ll send you cookies.Prove…

I told Raife on the phone, before he came, that Lisa, Ricky and I made a pumpkin cake with cream-cheese frosting. “I don’t eat sweets, Adam,” he said matter-of-factly. I took him at his word. Apparently he was kidding.Raife ate the entire Pumpkin Cake. I kid you not. Ok, maybe I had a few slices…

Across the street from the MOMA store in SOHO (see post below) is Balthazar, one of New York’s top restaurants—certainly one of its best bistros. I’ve been there before with my family and I accused it of being an emperor “with no clothes.” Maybe I got a little ahead of myself…Anyway, tonight after the MOMA…

Today was a gorgeous day in New York. “Indian Summer,” according to a man I overheard in the store. “You mean Native American Summer,” I said. He punched me in the mouth.After working for hours and hours and hours completing my 10-page paper on “tragedy” I decided to run out into the world and shop…

I have two friends in from out of town, staying with me. Actually three. But the third is staying elsewhere, except when he’s not—his stuff is here. It’s very complicated.The first two, Raife and Brian, are easy-going sorts. They’re easy to please. Raife’s an actor. Brian’s a playwright and may soon be a dramaturg. With…

First of all, let me say this was INCREDIBLY WILDLY close. In fact, based on six former survivor contestants who voted (Catherine didn’t vote) it was an absolute tie. But since there can only be one winner, I used the audience’s votes from the comments from the last post to determine the winner. Who is…