Mar 2, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My late husband is the one who decided to get a dog. Our daughter had begged him for a puppy, and he couldn’t say no—not to her. “What kind of dog do you want?” he asked. “I don’t want a dog.” He waved away my objection. “Fine. No dog. What kind of no dog?” “One that...
Feb 29, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hello gentle readers. Yes, it is I—K. Perhaps you know me as Mr. K. Maggie Hope’s cat—or, rather, Maggie is my human. And while she may think the K is for “Kitty,” let me assure you, it really stands for “King.” My Maggie has been very busy of late, going to places...
Feb 26, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Mornings: Damage Control When I took the job of designing a cooking school for American gastrotourists (i.e., foodies) at the Tuscan villa of world-famous Chef Claudio Orlandini, I was offered more money than I had yet seen in this line of design work — plus a...
Feb 25, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I’ll be honest with you. When you run a catering hall with a father who’s a mobster trying to go straight, things can get a little dicey. Anyway, about my day. I wake up every morning thanking the universe that I’m in Astoria, Queens, and not Palm Beach, Florida,...
Feb 22, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My name is Louise Faulk—Officer Louise Faulk, although some of the wiseacres around the precinct call me Two because I once made the mistake of boasting that I’d earned the second highest score on the New York Police Department’s civil service exam. Our...
Feb 21, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Can salt water taffy kill someone? I love this Jersey shore boardwalk favorite, but I never thought it could be used as a murder weapon. Hi. I’m Lucy Berberian. I left a Philadelphia law firm to mange my family’s Mediterranean restaurant, Kebab Kitchen, at the Jersey...
