Just Don’t Do It

I think most of us stared at our televisions in utter disbelief the other night when the president struggled through several pronunciations of acetaminophen; acid and metaphin, and aseeda well um let’s see how we do.  Phonetic spelling anyone? Desperately...

The Accidental Accent

Mine comes from college in the Bronx, until I learned if I wanted to make a living one mile south in Manhattan, drop the drawn out vowels.  The library isn’t the lie-barre-ee.  White Castle ain’t Wot Castil.  Fordham Road ain’t Fawdum Rowed.  Shorten...

All My Neighbors

Here’s the set up.  We live on the 20th and 21st floors.  It’s the top of the building. We have skylights in our bedrooms (slightly unnerving) and you can call me pretentious if you like but our unit is one of four corner units called the penthouses. Think...

Holding Doors

When to do it and when not to do it, those are the questions.  I live in a building with over 250 apartments.  That’s easily 350 people plus dogs as it’s a dog friendly building.  There’s a revolving door, a door accessible with a fob and 24 hour...

Mixed Media

I went to the Rittenhouse Square Art Festival this weekend (twice).  I never understood what “mixed media” was yet ended walking home with an original piece signed by the artist.  He took the time to explain exactly what went into producing layer upon...