As I begin to take residency in NYC, my posts will become more about NYC and a bit less about DC. Don’t worry, though, they are also about to become a lot more fun. DC theater is for all intents either hyper-traditional or really experimental, this is great for those who want to sound like [...]

I love colors and textures and paintings that surprise me. It was indeed a very act of surprise that first drew me to Kristine Baerlin’s paintings. I naively assumed it was digital media. With the “pixilated” images, it seemed like a photograph that had been digitally re-mastered. Then I looked closer. Then really close. It [...]

If you want a good basic understanding of the economic collapse, skip Wikipedia and read Tatiana Boncompagni’s  Hedge Fund Wives, where the novel is weak on emotional heft, it’s strong on research.
Boncompagni has worked as a journalist, and it shows. Hedge Fund Wives, her second published novel, is at times heavy on the “telling” and [...]

 
 
 
A friend of a friend of mine started Tripper Bus, which is a great way to travel between New York and Washington. These buses are not only cost-effective, but they are safe, comfortable, and make scheduling and changing your travel plans easy.  Tripper Bus is committed to offering the busy traveler the newest and cleanest [...]