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When we lived in Brooklyn in the mid-90s, we had two parakeets: Guido and Rudy. Unusual for a parakeet, Rudy could talk and it was pretty...

Years ago, when I was still living in New York, I had a neighbor whom I got to know pretty intimately as we'd walk several miles together...

Fans of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See are waiting with bated breath for his new novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land, due out in...

Some seem shocked that women would assist in recruiting and grooming young girls but the couple-dynamic is really effective in gaining trust

Series that are worth a second (or third, fourth or fifth) look.

Snark is the new prayer.

I didn't think I'd be able to stomach "Don't F**ck with Cats", the new Netflix documentary about a kitten killer/torturer and truth be...

Christmas nostalgia, Brooklyn circa 1960.

Even before "MAGA" there was a "Good Ol' Days" viral email making the rounds.

Even Charlie Manson couldn't make S2 of Mindhunter interesting.

Sure, there's been some hard fought progress made since the Mad Men days but sexism, institutionalized and otherwise, persists.

I'm reading Before We Were Yours and it's pretty good, but that's not the point right now. I just got to a part where the protagonist...

Baby boomers have struggled for years with hypocritical "don't use drugs!" warnings to their own children, when in fact they themselves...

It's hard to say that I "enjoyed" the first season of Ozark, because the show is about as dark as it gets. Sure, there are brief moments...

We recently had the opportunity to travel to Madrid for a photography gig for Phil. I did a bit of exploring on my own (don’t bother with...

With Croatia's exciting win in the World Cup Semifinal match against England, I thought this was a perfect moment to continue our photo...

I know I promised part two of Croatia (Zagreb leg) next but while I'm preparing that, decided to share a bizarre hotel experience that...

Croatia's been on my list for a while, but an unexpected work meeting in Zagreb quickly turned it into a reality. (I'll cover that lovely...