Tag: summer house
My Father’s House – The Atlantic
In the early 1930s, a few years before I was born, my father bought a summer house. This was an astonishment to all our relatives and friends. For one thing, we were not the sort of people who “summered.” My father was a working stiff; even in the best of times we made do with city parks, the public pool, the fire escape, the air-cooled movie house. For another thing, these happened to be the worst of times,
Which reality TV show to watch based on your zodiac sign
Acclaimed comedian and woke warring Libra Dave Chappelle wasn’t joking when he professed that sometimes “Keeping It Real Goes Wrong.”
Indeed Dave, indeed, but the pursuit of onscreen authenticity never fails to deliver the rich turmoil, trash, turpitude and triumphs we cherish. Real or wrong, we can’t get enough.
For the better part of three decades, reality television has shown humanity at its best worst. From flipping tables on the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” to finding love on “The