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Lucky

July 19th, 2009 · Comments

The Boston outlet of Morton’s, a Chicago-based steakhouse chain, sits across the street from Boston Harbor in a newly developed part of town called the Seaport. Inside, Morton’s has a clubby feel—all hushed tones and white linen and dark paneling. The bad lighting makes it hard to read the prices, which are high, so perhaps [...]

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Tags: Business · Food · Politics & Society · Video

Excerpt: Things That Scare Me

April 19th, 2009 · Comments

I’ve been thinking about Things That Scare Me for a while, and when I wrote it, it turned out much longer than a blog post. So here’s an excerpt, including photos of the video shoot in Steve Garfield’s dining room cum video studio.
A few weeks ago, I had to film a video greeting that would [...]

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Tags: Business · Video · writing

10 Things I Hate About You, Travel Edition

March 22nd, 2009 · Comments

The flight from Boston to Los Angeles takes six hours, during which there is a kind of caricature of intimacy that develops, at least in Coach.
You might not even know the name of the guy sitting at your elbow, but still: You know his choice of reading material; what he drinks with his meal; [...]

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Tags: Business · Pop Culture · travel

A Journey to ‘25 Random Things’

February 17th, 2009 · Comments

Three weeks ago, William tagged me in a “25 Random Things About Me” chain letter. I’ve hung around with William a few times, but reading his list feels a lot like a peek at his diary: Here are his hopes, fears, and his profession of love for Twizzlers.
I’m tagged again by Tim (”I’m a writer… [...]

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Tags: Business · Media · Pop Culture · Social Media · Technology

In Case of Emergency

September 7th, 2008 · Comments

I was alone in the house and on my cell phone, talking to my friend Leigh about a Web site she’s thinking of launching. Leigh speaks very fast, especially when she’s fired up about something, which she was. It can be hard to grip all the loose bits of her conversation. Like trying to cuddle [...]

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Tags: Business · Children · Family History

Summer on the Coast of Maine, Doggy-Style

July 2nd, 2008 · Comments

I’m spending this week on the coast of southern Maine. If I had a choice, I’d spend most of the week as I am right now: in a low-slung beach chair, toes buried in the warm sand, and book propped open on my lap, pages ruffled by the strong wind off the water.
Every few minutes [...]

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