Sadie, Sadie, Married Lady…Now What?
I have to say, I had a bit of a rough landing from Argentina into the Terminal of Reality (it’s actually part of JFK, across the Tarmac of Tough Luck — you have to take a shuttle bus to get there,...
View ArticleSchwajak Cagematch
So, we’re moving, and things have gotten ugly in the Schwajak household. It is T minus two days until our big relo. Tensions are running high. The other night I found myself flinging cardboard boxes...
View ArticleWelcome to my closet, I live here now.
Hello, friends, readers, and friendly readers! Isn’t it a beautiful day? Doesn’t the sky look unusually blue, the sun particularly…shiny? Don’t you just love life? Don’t you just love New York?...
View ArticleFrom the Baltic Sea, suburban vikings emerge
This weekend, we took a day trip to Scandinavia, a mythical and confounding area. On our way, we saw a great many things. It was an unexpectedly long and arduous journey, one that took us through parts...
View ArticleShame on me.
Oh, dear. Dear, dear me. I haven’t posted in two months! This is terrible and shameful. I started something, I pulled you in, I got you involved, and then I just abandoned it. Or, well, paused it. Left...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? Oy veys mir, don’t get me started.
*Disclaimer: No offense, Dad. Well, I’ve done it. I’ve given up my given name. I dove right into the name-change process, and I am now legally, officially, irrevocably (kinda) Nina Anne Pajak. I like...
View ArticleOn falling off the wagon (no, not that one, I was never on that one)
Let’s play a game. It’s called: List the diets you have tried at some point in your life. I’ll go first: Calorie counting (Endless possibilities, never goes out of style.) Atkins (Lasted 4 days before...
View ArticleI’m not a girl, not yet a hopelessly lame woman
Last weekend, we and some friends wound up at a pub on the Upper West Side. Those of you who are NYC locals, you know the type. You know that place that always smells like vomit from the curb after...
View ArticleIt’s a Hannukah Miracle!
I’m back! Soon I will come up with a delightfully entertaining excuse for my three month lapse in blogging, and you will love it and, consequently, me again. Oh hi! I lurve you. But today I want you to...
View ArticleHappy Newish Year! Happy Annishversary!
Oh, dear. I’ve done it again. I know, my absence has been inexcusable. I mean, we’ve been over this—you’re now all well aware of my shortcomings, my tendencies towards listlessness and USA Network...
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