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Who Are You?: Different things to different people.
Where Are You?: In an office building 15 floors above ground, to the north of Bottega Veneta, south of Barney's, west of Anya Hindmarch and east of Tod's, until 5 p.m. What Are You?: A female in her mid-20s. What do you make?: Not enough money, uninteresting dinners. What do you love?: Uncrowded stores, waterfront property, good conversations with total strangers, the charge that I get from reading an impeccable sentence. What do you hate?: Melissa Rivers, Leeza Gibbons, rusty brillo pads, thong underwear, parents who hit their children, bad writing. What do you listen to?: People talking, Howard Stern a few mornings a week, my cats purr. What do you watch?: The clock, 8 hours a day, M-F. What do you drink?: Not enough alcohol. What do you smoke?: No more cigarettes, as of 2 months ago! What do you take?: Vacation days in drips and drabs. What do you believe in?: That things will work out just fine. When We Were 16 Where were you?: West Nyack, NYWhat were you?: A not very happy teen. What did you wear?: Green Docs and bad hair. What did you listen to?: The Cure's "Disintegration", almost every day for a year. What did you watch?: Donahue and cartoons. What did you love?: Getting a ride home from my friend Adam, cutting classes. What did you hate?: The social climate in school. What did you drink?: Snapple from the vending machines. What did you smoke?: A cigarette here and there. What did you take?: A few good English classes. What did you want to be?: A journalist. Who did you fight?: My brother, several afternoons a week. Who/What did you believe in?: My gut instincts. Where did you go?: To Washington, D.C. for a summer journalism program for H.S. kids. What did you learn?: A bit about politics and the news business in D.C. |