Living in the suburbs in the summer reminds me of that David Byrne/John Goodman film, True Stories, from the 80s. In the film, all of the houses look alike; they have the same driveways, the same cars, the same lawns. Every Saturday, the men/husbands mow their lawns with the same lawnmowers. The women/wives compete in [...]
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The Suburban Lawn
Posted in the burb life on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ashtrays the size of hubcaps
Posted in the burb life, tagged kid stuff on May 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I always say that I was born too late. I wish I had been parenting when my parents were parenting. I long for the poker-for-pennies parties when the Strohs flowed freely, and we kids used to swirl our hands in the blue haze coming from an ashtray the size of a hubcap.
It was the seventies [...]
