Lost in New Jersey

Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. But write as if Syd Penner's looking over your shoulder. Penner...

I was half the age of Nabokov’s protagonist when I first read “Lolita” – and it enthralled me. As of my last reading, just a few weeks ag...

I had intended to post a collection of colorful photos on Facebook from a recent visit to New Orleans, where I met up with my sister from Ca...

I had a meeting this afternoon at a PR agency on the East Side, so I worked from home this morning and drove in. I thought I’d meet my daug...

Randy Johnson, inducted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame today, is an improbable role model. To paraphrase Crash Davis  (my ficti...

My wife secretly took this photo of me and my daughter the other day -- an auspicious date in music history , She captioned it, "La...

My long-time colleague Steve Marcus retired this past week. Here’s what I said about him at his reception, before he left the building... St...

Today's news was dominated by the Supreme Court’s decision authorizing gay marriage nationwide. Brands were going crazy with rainbo...

Of all the social media sites, my favorite -- by far -- has been Instagram. It's simple, it's immediate, it tends to be nurturing. T...