Columns & Collected Essays

Have I ever mentioned to you how much I hate skiing?  There’s the cold, and the ice, and the shlepping to a mountain.  There are boots...

Hanukkah begins this year at sundown on December 8.  This seems early to me, furthering the cultural belief system that Jewish holidays...

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? ...

I remember my very last True Halloween.  What is a “True Halloween,” you ask?  Well, to me, it means dressing up in a costume and walking...

It’s no secret that I love to spin.  I joined the indoor cycling movement in the late 1990’s, mostly because pedaling fast to loud music...

My father-in-law thinks he’s a pirate. It started innocently enough, looking back.  My 10-year-old son, Andrew, and his grandfather,...