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This past Tuesday a guy sat down next to me on the train.  Mid-sixties, gray hair, blue eyes, GREAT accent.  Kind of like dis guy. We started talking. He told me that he was from Breezy Point, New York.  We … Continue reading →

…So Dear Readers, I don’t know if you remember that I walk a lot. I mean a lot. Like everywhere.  I regularly walk to the Ogilvie Transportation Center- and that’s a good five miles from my house. Anything less than … Continue reading →

Dearly Beloved Readers, the bride in this photograph is my sister-in-law Mary Lu Roffe, née Rubnitz. The groom is my brother Kenneth Simon Roffe. And today is their forty-third wedding anniversary. Just in case you don’t recognize the rest of … Continue reading →

… So four years ago, I was a member of a class action suit.  Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin had settled several antitrust lawsuits about ebook prices that had been deemed too high.  Because I had bought … Continue reading →

This post is dedicated to the memory of Anthony Bourdain.  A fellow writer and one cool cat.  He always knew how- and when- to swear.  RIP, man.  We will miss your honesty. When I was a kid, I never swore.  … Continue reading →

…So a couple of months ago, I was standing on Walton Street in Chicago’s Gold Coast.  I was waiting for a Via. Transportation Sidebar: Do you know what “Via” is?   It’s a pretty neat- and reasonable- ride-sharing service that drops … Continue reading →

…So a couple of weeks ago I was at Leslie Hindman working a fine jewelry preview.  (A preview runs for five days ahead of the auction so that clients can check out the dazzling goodies in person.) This was a … Continue reading →