Paul Harding’s Tinker, a novel published by the Bellevue Literary Press, won the Pulitzer Prize last week. Two summers ago, I interned at that small publication within the walls of Bellevue hospital. Each morning, I would walk down First Avenue, past the man on the corner with the red turban around his head who was [...]
A Symbol of Status in the Me-Me-Me Generation Hello, my name is Bracha and I am cupcake-junkie. Can I just say, YUM? Any visit to the Upper West Side requires a stop at Magnolia Bakery for my fix: red velvet. What is it about cupcakes that is so enticing? Immortalized by Sex and the City, [...]
I do not have an iPad yet (though I believe it is time to make some big technological changes in my life), but have been watching the digital drama unfold over the weekend (and on this blog). The NYTimes published an interesting piece in their Room for Debate blog yesterday called: The iPad in the [...]
It is spring! The season beckons exclamation points. Leaves! Tulips! Sparrows hopping and chirping! My heavy winter coat no longer suffocates me with its wooly warmth. A light spring jacket—in pastels! (Okay, that was a joke. I will only wear black. I will only wear black. I will only wear black. But it’s spring! Let [...]
I paint. These evenings, I no longer gravitate to the towering piles of books on my nightstand and bookshelves, nor do I bother with my own writing. Instead, I have spent a good deal of bitterly cold winter nights painting. This recent extra-curricular development is unambitious. I do not fantasize pretentious gallery openings or cocktail [...]
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