Is this thing on?

At exactly this time — well, 3 hours ago on the east coast, actually — thirty-nine years ago, I was born. As my aunt Susie so kindly pointed out in a birthday card, in 1966: A new car cost $2,653 The  [more...]

For two days, strangers have been coming in and out of my home. I’ve done my best to stay out of the house, but that hasn’t stopped me from feeling a little violated — I come home to find a slew of  [more...]

Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96, was an actress and singer who appeared with the Marx Brothers in the movie classic “A Night at the Opera,” became an elegant television fixture on the quiz show “To Tell the  [more...]