M. Evan Wolkenstein

We all have quirks: the way we hike up our pants, the way we frequently forget the third button, the way we inspect some delicacy we’re...

Yesterday, I bundled up 200 ties, some freshly pressed with the drycleaning tag still on, and put them way in the back of the storage...

Dear Daughter, This is the first letter I have ever written to you. This may also be the first letter you have ever received. One day,...

Once we read this morning’s news about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, we all had a choice to make: On the one hand, we would have been...

Even tiny details: burned in my memory. People told me: “It’ll go by in a blur. Take time to breathe and enjoy it.” I received a ton of...

In a faraway land, a council of Wise People provides their citizens with daily guidance and wisdom. One day, the Wise People get an...

And by “accomplish,” I mean, “something that takes effort.” Eating pizza doesn’t count. Even eating the whole pizza, which admittedly...

Al Jaffee’s “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” A nurse asks an old woman languishing in a waiting room: “Has the doctor seen you yet?”...

I haven’t had anything mean hurled at me in a long, long time. 7th Grade: Not a great year. Trust me, I’ve heard plenty of mean things in...

This damn t-shirt: the end of innocence. Circa 1987. In 7th grade, fitting in was pretty much the entire game. It was 1987; despite the...

p When I was in high-school, I fancied myself a bit of a hippie. I had long hair and listened to the Beatles and the Grateful Dead. I was...

Why I haven’t posted in a month had something to do with my cultural context. Q: Why have I not written anything for the last month? A:...

On the other hand, as long as you gotta wear something (assuming you’re vacationing with family in, say, San Diego, and not at “Sea...

For those not in the know, just take my word for it; It’s weird and sweet and evocative and sort of grody and, well, forever. Sort of...

28 and (mostly) fearless. When I was 28, a friend told me about her solo trip across Africa. Seeing me blanch, she remarked, “Being alone...

He’s pretty much a sage in any topic of conversation: how to handle criticism, how to shake off a bad day, how to turn 60 without losing...

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I didn’t feel at ease, socially, until well into college. I started dating in my 20s. And I started watching Mad Men when the rest of the...

Today, if a man wears a suit and the sleeves end inches from the wrist, if the pants reveal three inches of shin – if he wears a bow tie...