There’s a gesture that I thought was exclusive to Long Island women until a woman from The Bronx did it to me. You’ve seen it. It’s a WTF/disbelief/anger blend that, I learned this week, can be found in Connecticut also. Try it: scrunch your shoulders up, pull your elbows back with your arms tight at …
So I ordered a coffee and a muffin at this organic shop on my way to a used book store. “$7.50 for a muffin? What, is there lumber in it?” Maybe she didn’t get the reference. Maybe she did. She just slid her glasses higher on her nose. They were retro cat-eye frames and the …
I had time to kill having dropped stuff off at Staples to be printed so I went to a nearby pub. It was a sunny afternoon so its being empty was no surprise. The bartender was leaning back against the end of the bar watching TV. He popped to attention when I walked in. “Hey. …