December 2010
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A Bedford St. Anecdote
I’d say that the holiday season has brought more tourists to Bedford Street, but the truth is, there are always tourists on Bedford. They come from near and far to photograph the building which was apparently used as the apartment exterior on TV’s Friends. (I have zero sentimental attachment to the locale, as I almost […]
Memoir I Have No Intention of Writing, Chapter 1
I’ve been astonished by the onslaught of memoirs, in general but also specifically. Why would we as a society care in the slightest about a detailed account of random people’s lives? I suppose it’s tied to the prevalent oversharing that gave birth to the blogosphere (yes, I know where I’m writing this), the realm of […]
Sitcones
Salt in Wound has a long history with the television comedies of Mitch Hurwitz. So it was no surprise whatsoever when traffic cones were employed as a running gag in the “It’s a Trade Off” episode of the underrated show Running Wilde. Any time a character passed out after a night of partying…. As the […]
Jack Silbert, curator