I was dangling upside down from the swing set bar, absently listening to its squeak as Dawn and Julie discussed their upcoming joint birthday party at the roller rink.“I’m going to do a Cherry Drop,” I said matter-of-factly, gaining momentum. During recess at school, all the other fourth and fifth grade girls would line up [...]
According to wikipedia (with You Tube now blocked at work, it’s my new favorite way to kill time learning about how Snickers got its name, random Genesis trivia, and the Cookie Crisp jingle evolution): “Trick or Treat, also known as guising, and the practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for [...]
Last Sunday I went to the MCA for an afternoon of “culture.” I meandered through hall after labyrinthine hall, studying a black square that became blue and green and grey in layers of light and dark as I moved toward it. I watched Andy Warhol’s “screen tests” of the Sex Pistols, then tip-toed across a [...]
