Money can buy style. And also literary fantasy worlds.
J.P. Morgan didn’t make books, he made money. But he made so much money that he decided to start collecting books. Then he built a library to house his books. […]
Category Archives: USA
Heat Wave Blues
It was to have been the summer of grand plans, but it quickly became the summer of small mercies. The grand plans involved working a couple of days each week, […]
Nahuales in New York
Nahuales are not unique to Mexico. While Mexico may have a long and rich tradition of nahuales – its was there that I first learned the name by which these […]
Baked beans or bust
My only ambition for Boston was to find and eat baked beans. I’ve no idea how I first heard of Boston baked beans, but they’d be tempting me with their […]
Free wine (and also learning)!
At the beginning of my second semester of grad school I was unemployed and rather tired of NYU taking my money without giving me much in return. Most of my […]
