Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul’s idyllic memories of “summering” are threatened by the oil spill. “Summering” has been on my mind a lot lately. One of my favorite passages I’ve been reading out loud on book tour is from Alphabet City’s Episode 3: Until I moved to the Big Apple, I had never heard [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘grand hotel’
March 8, 2010
Glamour Girl
Today on Alphabet City: Glamorous touches surprise Jon Paul on his American Airlines flight to Jamaica. Every other year when Dad didn’t take us to The Grand Hotel on the murky waters of Alabama’s Mobile Bay, he planned some more eventful and memorable family vacations. There was the white water rafting trip down the Grand [...]
January 8, 2010
Father Complex
Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul realizes that despite his best efforts he has become his father, in a scholarly way. For many years, I’ve been concerned about turning into my father, even immersing myself in psychotherapy to ward off some of his less charming tendencies. But on holiday, I came to the conclusion that [...]
