Columns & Collected Essays

Originally published in The Scarsdale Inquirer on April 12, 2012. “What time is the babysitter coming?”  My seven-year-old daughter, Zoe,...

There is something about my seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, that makes people want to buy her stuff.  Is she cute?  Sure.  Is she funny? ...

My cell phone rang at 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 8 while my family and I were eating a weirdly-timed meal at Harry’s Burritos in...

A few weeks ago, I put an ad on Craigslist for a babysitter-slash-housekeeper. Given the current economic climate, I was quite optimistic...

I know she’s probably very busy right now, but I’d really like to sit down with the new First Lady and have a little chat about our...