December 2009

Can you give me some tips and pointers on how to become a professional essayist?

I’d like to be akin to Christopher Hitchens. I want to write essays that would get published in newspapers and magazines, and hopefully write books, too. How can I learn to write so well, and be so entertaining with the written word?
(1) Study grammar and composition.
(2) Study the subject of "critical thinking"
(3) Become knowledgeable (as [...]

What is a good title for a restaurant review?

The restaurant is called the stage.
And it was good.
The Stage Review

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We have a VERY small kitchen. Any opinions on knocking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room?

The kitchen is teeny tiny. The former owners even put cupboards over one of the 2 windows. We have been thinking about knocking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room (which is also not large, but about twice as big as the kitchen) and making it one large kitchen area. I’m worried about [...]