On the list of things the pandemic accelerated, right along with my newfound relationship with anxiety, were services that brought things we like and need directly to our homes. Amazon, Peloton, Uber Eats, tele-health, streaming services... the list is long…
One of the reasons I don’t have a car is that it’s another thing to take care of. But as I look around and observe a lot of cars, I notice so many of them in rough shape with dirt, rust, scrapes, dents and everything else, as if the owner just doesn’t care.
Negligence of anything, whether it’s a car, a bicycle, a pair of shoes, a suit or one’s home, not only demonstrates one of the seven deadlies (sloth), but it also shortens the life of the item. Imagine how much longer things would last and how much less waste we’d produce if we took better care of our stuff.
The latest waves of anti-city rhetoric have reminded me of a podcast I co-hosted a few years back. It was (and remains) very illuminating.
The American aversion to any glamour or sophistication in one's personal wardrobe is well documented and easily observed. And it's a bummer.
So, I had a panic or anxiety attack last week. The third one in three months. Truthfully, I cannot recall having a game-over feeling in my body quite like this. For those who have had them (and I've heard from…
Many people left New York during the pandemic. I stayed. Here are some of the reasons why.
One January day in 2010, I was walking my new puppy Smokey along West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. A very sweet woman stopped us to say how cute Smokey was and how much he looked like the new…
Ours is a culture that celebrates having more. More clothes, more rooms, more closet space, more cars, more gadgets, more stuff, more… But does it make us happier?
The invitation came out of the blue in a private message on Twitter: "Hey, want to guest host Pivot for one episode?" It was from Kara Swisher. After I shit a brick, I experienced a rapid succession of the following…
