April 26th, 2011 by Nathan | 6 Comments
“Mexicans were aware that when they talked about children, they tended to talk about nonsense.” –Roberto Bolaño, 2666 There is plenty left to say about the trip I just finished to Juarez and the Texas borderlands (yes, I’m back home). In large part, I suppose, most of the information will come out in the pages [...]
March 18th, 2011 by Theodore | 1 Comment
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March 7th, 2011 by Nathan | 7 Comments
As our little buddies over at Gawker pointed out–is this the kind of scoop that Nick Denton redesigned for?–some children get very expensive haircuts. They quote a particularly odious example in Los Feliz called La La Ling Salon, which advertises “trendy designer haircuts, hair styling (think spray-on hair color and hair tinsel) and kiddo-friendly beauty [...]
February 10th, 2011 by Nathan | 3 Comments
During the workweek, John Donohue is an editor at the “Goings On About Town” section of the New Yorker. But most weekends—and on the rare weeknight when he has time—you can find him in his kitchen, cooking for his wife and two young daughters. Fatherhood is still a role more associated with breadwinning than bread-baking, [...]
