Superstorm Sandy
Rockin’ Joaquin: A Pre-Hurricane Playlist
hMAG.com asked me to create a Joaquin-themed playlist, which I also annotated. Stay safe, everybody.
Movie Review: Into the Storm
2 stars out of 5 I’ll admit it: I’m a storm-porn addict. Hurricane Irene on the Weather Channel? Ohhh that was good stuff. And Sandy? Well why watch when you can LIVE it—oh yessssssss!!! So, with no knowledge in my head about this film except that the word “storm” was in the title and it […]
Jackupuncture
Jack, what’s happening? Are you interested in acupuncture? said the text message from my friend Molly. Well, the truth is, I hadn’t ever really given it much thought. Mention acupuncture to me and the thought that comes to mind is drinking a glass of water afterward, and it comes spurting out from all over your […]
Sandy, One Year Later
It’s feeling a little weird here in Hoboken as the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches. Memories have certainly come—no pun intended—flooding back. Stories of heroism, community spirit, successful returns, permanent losses, and continuing challenges are all freshly in mind, if they weren’t there already. I’ve had the privilege of writing three articles for AOL […]
Oh Sandy: An Anthology of Humor for a Serious Purpose
An essay of mine, “Holy Hoboken, Baptized by Sandy,” was accepted into Oh Sandy: An Anthology of Humor for a Serious Purpose, which is available in print and Kindle formats. In it, I chronicle my hopefully amusing observations of religion’s role in that post-Sandy week here in Hoboken. The good, the bad, and the odd. […]
Roll On, Corolla: A Boy & His Car
I don’t want to get all Giving Tree on you, but the car and I really did go a long way back. All the way to October 4, 1991. On that day, at Jim Coleman Toyota in Bethesda, Maryland, I took ownership of a brand-new, end-of-model-year, light blue Corolla. The address we wrote on the […]
If I Win the $550 Million Powerball Jackpot
I will… —get my 1991 Corolla reupholstered. —buy the “special” sandwich next Wednesday at Fiore’s. —hire a car service, go into Manhattan, get $15 haircut at Astor Place. —tip Alberto the barber four dollars. —take out a student loan and repay it the same day. —I guess I need some new tube socks. —watch the […]
Hurricane in Hoboken: My Story
Sorry, I’d tell another disappointed visitor on the Hoboken House Tour, the Yankee Ferry wasn’t open today. It was Sunday morning, I was doing a volunteer shift for the Historical Museum, and the nearby house boat’s owners were too busy battening down the hatches before the coming storm. (I’d never used the term “batten down […]
Jack Silbert, curator