How Do You Like Your Eggs?
Egg and sperm donation are some of the only situations in this world that I’d be willing to call entirely “win-win.” If you donate,...
A Case for Breakfast
For the first quarter of your life, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense when “scientists” and “leading researchers” and “your mom” tell you...
If People Were Bad Metaphors, I Was a Drizzle and She Was a Tepid Puddle
Warning: minor spoilers for crappy rom-com books and movies. I’d like to start off by defining the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG). MPDGs, as...
Don’t Be These People at Concerts!
To certain fellow audience members of last week’s concert at Lupo’s, I think I can speak for all of us when I say this concert...
Don’t Be These People at Concerts!
To certain fellow audience members of last week’s concert at Lupo’s, I think I can speak for all of us when I say this concert...
The “Upper East Side” revisited
I’ve done a bad thing. I was bored, I was alone, I was feeling frisky… and I started to binge watch Gossip Girl. I watched...
Stop Looking at Me
What is it about eye contact that makes me so uncomfortable? I suppose it’s a lot of things, but to name just a few: my...
What I Was Promised in the Future vs. What I Received
Was promised: Flying cars Received: People who won’t shut up about the drone they got for Christmas Was promised: Gourmet food at the touch...
A Piercing Question
“You will never be successful in the professional world.” Yup, you guessed it, those are the words of my father after I told him I...
Child Prodigy Wannabe
I would say that I had a pretty average childhood. I could read and write and tie my shoes at respectable ages, and I sometimes...