Despite thunderstorms earlier that day I found myself seated in the heart of Times Square to attend the premiere of Mad Men season four, an hour ahead of the rest of the country. I was later upgraded from puddle-seat to VIP area (admittedly way comfier than the wet bleachers (thank you V!). The majority of [...]
“1791″, named for the year of the Haitian Revolution, which resulted in the abolishment of slavery. This is an ink painting on paper, done with pen and brush. Hand-signed prints of this piece are available for donations of $50 or more to CARE. Please visit our blog Onedrawingaday for more information on how to participate in this [...]
America, woven of so many colors and cultures, with your Coca Cola, your philosophy of “yes”– America, my heart is yours. But as any profound thing, my love for you is complicated (traiterously Un-American, this ambiguity): While I enjoy my slice of apple pie in this Babel of Ever-Upward, I also worry about the self-destructive [...]
When I was a little girl growing up in Germany I remember staying up long past my bed time to join my mom to watch “the Reportage”, a weekly television program dedicated to stories from around the world. I loved the show because I never knew whom I was going to encounter next, yurt-dwelling nomads [...]