Last night I went to the theatre to see a wonderful play called Venus in Fur. My friend Ross was the assistant director, so I hung around afterwards to congratulate him. I was waiting on the sidewalk outside of the theatre, innocently chatting with my theatre date about love, life, and the pursuit of happiness, when… Read more »
Q: A week or so ago I was reading the comments posted in response to a fashion-related article on an entertainment website. There, one woman stated that “nice yoga pants” (an oxymoron!), a tee shirt, and sneakers were perfectly acceptable attire for shopping or lunch with a friend. She claimed that because of her children, she no longer… Read more »
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. —Lucius Annaeus Seneca…and Robert Evans In homage to the woman who inspired this blog, Joanne Woodward, I wanted to share the fact that I’ve accomplished two non-Harry related things in the last few weeks. The first is that I completed my thesis. Hallelujah! The second is that I… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: You just finished walking the highline. How was it? Stephanie: It was magical. It was fantastic. It’s such a beautiful day; the clouds are out so we didn’t have direct sun. There was a little slight breeze blowing. There were people walking the Highline together and it was wonderful. Being above… Read more »
Yesterday, a hawk soared over Central Park’s Sailboat Lake (aka the Conservatory) for twenty minutes without a landing. The British were at the Band Shell celebrating the Olympics, charity, rugby, and the Queen’s 60th year on the throne. They also brought along a beautiful classic car just because. Near the statue of the Union soldier… Read more »
Anyone who has ever given me a haphazard pat on the back knows the consequences of that simple gesture. Touching my back—out of necessity or concern or coincidence—means subjecting yourself to one of my full meltdowns. Literally I melt—my spine curves into a hump, my shoulder blades poke upward, and my chin falls to my… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: It’s great seeing you. What’s going on? What did you just say? Darrel: I’d hate to leave New York on such a beautiful day and go to L.A because it feels like L.A is here when NY is sunny. Ask a New Yorker: Why are you going to L.A? Darrel: I’m… Read more »
This past weekend I went “home” to Boone, North Carolina to see the littlest Gentile, Nicholas, graduate from high-school. As you can see from the picture attached, he was REALLY thrilled about graduating. Because I am 11 years older than Nicholas, I still see him as a helpless baby, and watching him walk across the… Read more »
Q: It is so hard it is to identify the origins of clothing these days (re: sweatshops!). Plus, there’s the obfuscation of employee/worker issues (American Apparel sex scandals?!) and companies that are surreptitiously making multi-million dollar donations to hateful causes (Target supports anti-gay legislation??!!). It seems like those few companies doing things on the up-and-up… Read more »
Since publishing King of Angels, A Novel About the Genesis of Identity and Belief, I’ve been getting all the usual questions that writers get when a book comes out: 1) Where do you get your inspiration? For many writers, inspiration is not much of a problem—all you have to do is read the front part… Read more »
