WHEN JUDITH MATLOFF moved back to the U.S. after a career in foreign journalism, she dreamed of buying a home — and did just that in 2000. What she didn’t count on was that her dream brownstone — four floors, almost 5,000 square feet — in West Harlem would be surrounded by crack houses and [...]
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING at the West End farmer’s market, before it gets too hot, shoppers strolling from stall to stall can take their pick of bok choy, bell peppers, and Ozark plums. The usual suspects are here: joggers with dogs, women with armloads of flowers wrapped in newspaper, and at the far end, Sara Guerre [...]
ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED to think that “The Adventures of Johnny Bunko” ($15, Riverhead Trade) is a joke, or at the very least, mis-shelved. What’s this comic book doing in the career section, anyway? But author Daniel Pink, who last year received a fellowship to study manga (Japanese comics) in Japan, is serious about his [...]
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A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR FOR OUR TIME, author/therapist/ex-monk Thomas Moore‘s new book advocates that old cliche — follow your heart —when it comes to career satisfaction. “A Life at Work” ($24.95, Broadway) uses personal anecdotes, alchemical theory and feel-good messages to emphasize what we all learned in high school but have all forgotten: If you’re not [...]
ART LOVERS, listen up: Works by D.C. favorites such as Tim Tate, Colby Caldwell and Amy Lin can be bought at the Corcoran Gallery of Art for just one crisp Benjamin. No joke.It’s all part of Art Anonymous, a mysterious guessing game in which eagle-eyed art collectors sifting through unsigned work can score a bargain [...]
Brit-ney Britney Spears is at it again: The pop princess has been videotaped “numerous times” in the last few weeks using a British accent, reports People.com. She sounds like a Brit even when angry; on a shopping trip earlier this month, the star used the accent while screaming at paparazzi. “She could simply be behaving [...]