We’re on the other side of the summer sandwich. We’ve eaten the sandwich. The other day I felt leaves crack under my feet and the light at 5pm looked changed. I hardly know where summer went and for whom it left me.

If you have never experienced the New York City Fire Department arriving at your doorstep, you are (a) fortunate, (b) missing out on a unique experience of living in this city, and (c) not so fortunate after all.

Memorial Day 2019. We got in a fight because I wanted to go to Coney Island and have a hot dog and Patrick wanted to go to the gym. We often had these fights.