A few years ago I started looking for a piano in New York City. Many friends offered their keyboards but I’m sorry I wanted a real piano. It didn’t have to be pretty and it didn’t have to be tuned, but I wanted a real piano. At the time I was working a few days […]
Category: Lifestyle
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in the country of capitalism. Yes, even more than America, I belong to capitalism. It is amazing to me, how much I belong to capitalism. Economic growth is good. Yes we need growth. Even if it means skinning the earth alive. I speak the language of jobs. Let’s create jobs. Each person […]
I think that dead starfish might have to do with my hair falling out
My hair has been falling out. Sometimes I tell people this and they ask me why I think it is falling out and the answer is I don’t know. But trust me, I’ve spent time trying to figure it out. I tried brushing it. I bought organic shampoo. I bought a new pillow that’s not […]
“Pretty soon it’ll seem strange that you could ever lose someone, or get lost.”
–Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad My phone broke a few weeks ago. It was an iPhone 4. I had it for a long time and it was already getting slow and causing problems, so when the screen went black and refused to turn on it wasn’t a surprise. I ordered a new […]
How to shop at Whole Foods in Williamsburg on Sunday
Baskets. Not carts. Baskets. Do not make eye contact. Making eye contact means acknowledging people’s humanity and that’s not why you came here. Go to the cheese section where there are usually samples of cheese cut into generous portions. Take three. Do not stop in the beauty section. Yes essential oils seem nice but aren’t […]
I’m looking for a job
Ideal position: professional reader. But also good at: customer service, Spanish, bikes, people, writing, listening, being on time, teaching, caring for humans and animals.
Missed connection
I went to a bar alone. I sat next to a man who I thought was with the two women on the other side of him, because they were chatting nicely, but it turned out he was alone too. We did not talk for several minutes, but his drink looked good so I asked him […]
Stressed about stress
I got this tea called stress relief. It’s in a nice lavender box. Yes what a soothing color. And the tag on each bag has an encouraging saying. But now, back at my house, I read the box and find a long list of warnings. Apparently if I drink a lot of this tea I […]
You’re welcome for the tampons
I thought my period was over. But it wasn’t. Which I was suspicious of sitting in the office chair and was sure of when I went to the bathroom to find blood soaked through my underwear and my light wash jeans. I cleaned up the best I could and used a wad of toilet paper […]
Go slow
My phone and I are very compatible. My phone is an iPhone 4 with two previous owners one of which was a four-year-old. I am a white girl born in 1988. We are both getting old. We are both slow. Apparently. After learning that I have an iPhone 4 people often ask me if it […]
Anne Foster 