by robert | Aug 5, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
When my family moved from a tiny beach community on Long Island to suburban Connecticut, one of the words my father couldn’t stop uttering was “liability.” In Point Lookout, our lot size had been a tidy 80-by-100, so as my father looked out over his new...
by robert | Jun 3, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
Maybe it’s our fault for creating a history of elaborately themed parties for his older sister Poppy or for sustaining a Thursday-night ritual in front of CBS at 7 pm, but not so long ago we were walking along the arroyo and my son London declared, “I know what...
by robert | May 6, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
My youngest brother, whom we refer to lovingly (and accurately) as Crazy Eddie, has lived in Orlando, Fla. since before the Animal Kingdom was built, most of those years working as an entertainer for the largest media and entertainment company in the world. I kind of...
by robert | Apr 8, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
“Rob, can you put London in the shower?” my wife Lala asked and I happily obliged. My son London doesn’t mind vertical baths; in fact, they bring out the Pavarotti in him. So while I checked my email, I listened to songs concerning ferocious battles...
by robert | Mar 4, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
When my daughter Poppy and I arrived late to a birthday party at our local children’s museum, I was pretty amazed at what I surveyed: A room void of children and a table crowded with deviled eggs, pigs in a blanket, chocolate-covered strawberries and a floral center...
by robert | Feb 7, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
I don’t know if it’s because I spend a lot of my time in a classroom with teenagers who shrug when I query their opinions regarding pretty much anything, but lately I’ve been craving decisiveness. If I’m traveling, when the server asks what I’d like to order, I tell...
