Alex and I are at the National Cello Institute right now. When we come to this program, as we have for the past three years, I repeatedly find myself thinking that the world is going to be okay, despite everything that is wrong with it. This program highlights everything that is right with the world.
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I’m looking at a photo on my desk of our friend Gaby and our friend Alex. They are standing together at the Metro Diner in New York City, where my son (another Alex) and I used to go every Friday morning. We would sit at the counter, and my Alex would have rice crispies and [...]
I don’t really have time to be writing on my blog, because I need to go to my kitchen and throw out a few things. Mark Bittman has some great advice in today’s NYT Dining section about how to do that. http://tinyurl.com/7py8ta
I am happy and kind of proud to say, however, that about half of [...]
