Since my life has recently become too hectic to continue writing for Guest, I have returned to WordPress to resume Queen Samantha’s Weblog. I can’t say that I was happy to leave Guest; but there was a moment – which involved a squirrel, a cilantro plant, and a song – when I knew it was [...]

I have been spending a lot of time in Hoboken lately. Lots of great stuff in Hoboken, along with a high concentration of yuppies, baby carriages, and dogs. Coming from the Upper East Side, I’m beginning to wonder … Is this my inevitable fate? Yuppies, baby carriages, and dogs? And if [...]

I have been living in New York City long enough now that most of the negatives have faded into the background of my quotidian routine, becoming “facts of life.” Assholes on the subway, like the high sales and income taxes, are now unnoticeable and expected. I now know enough to avoid Times Square [...]