The Tokyo Yenta

This past week is my Bubbeleh’s yahrzeit.  Grandma Lu Osney never made it to Japan, but I know what she would have told me if she did. “With all of the wonderful cookies, cakes and tarts how in the world can these people stay so SVELT???” I know how she feels.  It’s not unusual toContinue reading “What’s the skinny? – Of noshing and justice for all”

EARLY SUMMER LIGHT BLINDS MY KINDHEARTED NEIGHBOR OY VEY! HERE COMES GUILT In Japan, the per capita number of CV-19 cases is mind-blowingly low.  Tuning into NHK N-Star Nightly News (a Peter Jennings-esque 30 minutes when the country comes together to bond over the day’s events), we are conditioned to expect fewer than 20 casesContinue reading “Guilt Tokyo Style”

Sooner or later it had to come to this. The new world we live in has made bakers of us all with millions joining the floury ranks each day. In supply chain economics, upstream runs on young spring wheat and precious yeast have sparked near-Talmudic debates on the ethics of how to feel OK withContinue reading “From My Bubbeleh’s Kitchen: The Tokyo Bialy”

Each day of CV I am one step closer to Gabriel Byrne’s haircut

The annual 10-day ode to life and beauty known as Cherry Blossom Season has faded into the rear-view mirror. As such, the unsung stars of Spring are making their debut in Tokyo. On socially distanced strolls you can find early wiffs of fragrant jasmine, and azaleas in abundance. Wonderful to see . . . andContinue reading “Spring is in the air”

“Hurry, Ruben!  They’re calling LONG DISTANCE!” True(ish) story . . .  Some time in the distant future the Moscovitz Brothers were having an argument about the world’s longest Seder table. “I’m TELLING you!  The longest Seder table ever was at  the Standard Club in Chicago in 1977,” quipped Leonard Moscovitz.  “Uncle Moishe gave out silverContinue reading “Passover 2020: Why is this Zoom different than all other Zooms?”

Man Honestly Thinks He’s Going To Get To Bed Early https://t.co/k5smQKuucT pic.twitter.com/iYsMRQ9crR — The Onion (@TheOnion) April 7, 2020

When I was nine I enjoyed the privileged life of being a titan of industry.   This came vicariously during the annual slumber party my brother and I enjoyed at my Aunt Sydelle and Uncle Ruben’s.  They lived in a fabulous apartment high above the Outer Drive in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Far below in theContinue reading “Plastic Sofa Covers”

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