Recently, several readers sent me e-mails about birds and the winter garden, and I had a request from a reader asking me to send her a column on the subject that was published a few years ago. Here's that column, somewhat updated, with some thoughts about birds in winter. ...more

December 28, 2008

Becoming a dissolute ad executive from another era takes persistence and attention to detail. It is not merely a matter of scoring an early '60s Kingsbridge suit by John Taylor Ltd. of Tarrytown ($110 at Cheap Jack's in midtown Manhattan) and a skinny Harry Rothman tie ($45). You can't just vacuum up Lucky Strikes. No, if you want to be a piece of serious collateral damage in the phenomenon that is AMC's "Mad Men," which just won an Emmy for best drama series, you've got to get the lingo down. To know your dolls from your sweethearts, I mean. ...more

October 5, 2008