All muss, no fuss.

Since high school, since we each received our first cell phones, my sister, Sara, and I have left rediculous voicemails for each other.  From songs like “I Like Big Butts” to choice clips by Britney Spears that sound hilarious when taken …

Sometimes the only sane choice is the most difficult.

Re-creating my world without my father’s shadow.

Colton Harris-Moore, Christopher McCandless, and The New Survivalists

ast night, I put my foot in my mouth.
Having a few beers with my co-workers from Martha’s Bakery, where I now waitress four days a week, my girlfriend asked me what I was doing the next day. “Writing …

Forging a creative career in one’s mid-twenties, especially in New York City, can be daunting. Everyone who has a job scored it through mind-boggling maneuvering and this hazy thing called “networking,” which saps the spontaneity out of Happy Hour and makes …

Growing up means getting the basics done, even in crisis.