Arriving in New York...

And having a ball. I read on Wed night at the KGB Bar, and it turned out that the owner is half-Jewish! Mose and he bonded, and they even let Mose sit on the bar. (Don't tell the authorities). Superfun!


Katharine Weber and Jeff Sharlet read with me , from the book, and they were amazing (of course) and a good time was had by all (of course). Jill Vogel, a friend from Chattanooga (and Haifa) showed up, and Alana Newhouse, Jewish (Forward) book maven and the host of the Novel Jews series, turned out to be the coolest woman ever. The lovely Renee Kaplan came and I'm sad we didn't really get to talk to her, though such is the way with readings, I've discovered.


Other wonderful folks in attendance: Bob from Parabola, Julie and Paul from JOI, Sian from Slate, Kristen and Luke from Soft Skull, and also many friends... especially Susan, the best friend of all... with whom Mose and I stay when we visit this apple.


But then Susan had to leave for NC, and so Mose and I holed up alone yesterday, in Murray Hill... where we like to sit and watch TV (Susan has HBO on demand and I am a weak weak woman when it comes to the Sopranos) except when we're walking around the city with our arrowroot biscuits and our diapers.


Yesterday we ambled accross town to the Ars Nova offices, to meet the cool cast (and cats) of Jewcy Magazine (coming in August! Watch for it!) and then we had lunch with our Hillel friend David Wolkin, and last night we had dinner on the upper east side, with old friend Diane Cole (who is a force to be reckoned with, a heroine if ever there was one, and a talented writer). And today we headed for Park Slope to meet Maya Gottfriend (who rocks!) at Tea Lounge, where Mose listened to some music and I drank some coffee. Finished the afternoon on President Street with Paul, who is my dad's best friend and Mose's newest fan. Paul dandled me on his knee, back in the day, and today he dandled Mose.


Tomorrow marks the arrival of my sister, Emma, and I have a plan to eat a giant sandwich.


What kind of sandwich, you ask?


Tune in and find out?