I'm not very good with years. I'm not one of those people who says, Remember New Years '86 when we went to Lulu's party and you got wasted and barfed Chinese food out of your nose? Or, remember in '04 when I wept for two days because Bush got re-elected? Or, remember in '90 when I didn't graduate high school?



I remember things more in terms of food or songs. I remember events by the… Continue

It’s not a holiday around my house until two things happen:



1. My dining room looks like someone set Dexter loose in the sale aisle at Michael’s Arts and Crafts.



2. I dress my kid in a hat with ears on it and take him somewhere festive, wherein I force him into a photo op that makes him cry. (That’s a reindeer hat in the picture. And he actually quite enjoyed the lights in… Continue

Okay, I'd like to say that the Santa at The Americana in Glendale has a great beard but is a huge asshole. On Sunday morning, T and I put on our best Christmas sweaters (no one appreciates baby Christmas sweaters quite like a Jew) and steeled ourselves for the mall Santa experience, which was every bit as sucky as I feared it would be, if a bit more surreal.



We got there before Santa and dutifully waited in line. Santa made an entrance as if he was Elvis or something, flanked by two… Continue

Check out my beautiful new website. My old pal Arthur Avary at Twiners designed it for me. Arthur was the one who first spotted what he calls my little inner blogger. I told him no way. I’d never blog. The rest is history.



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Thanksgiving dinner is a perfect time to consider the ways that our food ties us to the world around us. One of the topics of conversation at our table was the vibrant urban farming movement in Detroit. As a city close to Scott’s heart, I know he feels sick to think of the Mad Max-esque state of things there. It gives me hope to think that in Detroit, a city with literally no supermarkets at all, communities are being proactive about growing… Continue