I use my iPhone to hide that I’m homeless
It’s the doldrums of an overnight Sunday shift at a Brooklyn men’s homeless shelter, after dinner but before the 10 p.m. lights-out call. On this particular night, the guys are chatty and cracking...
View ArticleAdults are lining up to act like kids again at summer camp
The time-honored summer camp rituals of sunburned noses and bunk loyalties, arts and crafts and promises to write after the summer is over are alive and well, but not all campers are being picked up at...
View ArticleBecoming a pro Pokémon Go player was maybe not the best career move
Four months, 500 million downloads and $500 million in revenue later, it’s pretty much back to life as usual for even the most die-hard Pokémon Go players. Though the mobile game was planted firmly at...
View ArticleSanta: My paychecks sleigh
Being Santa isn’t always the jolliest or most dignified position. “I even had a supermodel break wind on my lap and Dolly Parton pinch my backside one Christmas Eve,” three-time Macy’s Santa Glen...
View ArticleI return everything — even my wedding dress
Every year when Susan takes her place at the Thanksgiving table in her Brooklyn home alongside friends and family, she is filled with gratitude. One of things she is particularly grateful for is...
View ArticleThis sports icon really sleeps around
Newborn babies have been baptized inside it. Kentucky Derby winning horses have been fed from it. Grown men have showered, slept and even spooned with it. It’s covered over a million miles of terrain...
View ArticleConfessions of a Butterball Turkey Talk-Line operator
It’s Thanksgiving morning and you haven’t defrosted the turkey. Who ya gonna call? Probably Butterball’s Turkey Talk-Line, where 50 professionally trained operators are standing by to field phone calls...
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