Palisades Tahoe

I came, I didn't see much and I got my ass kicked: My trip to Palisades Tahoe last season coincided with one of the snowstorms that periodically hit that famed California resort. But it was still great fun and yeah, I'd go back in a hot second! Here's the article that came out of that sojourn in the white room.

All In: Comedy About Love

It's hard not to mention the price of tickets on Broadway when dealing with a show like this one. Click here for my review of Simon Rich's non-play.

Skiing for $100 a day or less

Lift tickets now reach crazy heights in the US, but it's still possible to ski for under $100 a day at many places. Mind you, it's still expensive, but at least it's not $250 or so. Thataway for my roundup.

Theater moments of 2024

It was a great pleasure to join my NY Times colleagues in picking some of the best stage moments of 2024. Full disclosure: I keep an Excel spreadsheet of what I see so it's easier to remember that kind of stuff at the end of the year. Click here for the article.

Sci-fi movies to end the year

My last sci-fi column for the year came out a few days — ok, a couple of weeks — ago and you can find it here. I also joined the New York Times' other genre columnists and we all came up with our fave movie of 2024 in our respective field — click here to discover mine. Fun was has by all!

2024 holiday movies

They're baaaaaack! The roundup of new streaming holiday movies has become one of my favorite assignments. And this year, I even got to do a video supplement! The list is here and my NY Times video debut is here.

A week in Jay Wegman's cultural life

In November I shadowed Jay Wegman, artistic director at NYU Skirball, to monitor his cultural diet — which makes me green with envy, of course! Here's the result.