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Why you should not send your 17-year-old daughter to stay with her old Francophile Working Boy uncle: (Reste tranquille, Ruthie — the photo is staged! Still, we’re having a great time — listening to Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, dancing, etc.)

As mentioned earlier, we have our niece Hannah staying with us this week, up visiting from Louisiana. She’s my sister Ruthie’s 17-year-old daughter, and this is her first visit to Philadelphia. As I write this on Saturday morning, she and Julie are on their way to New York for the day. It has been such…

A New Orleans friend sent me this photo of a cake in the pastry case at Breaux Mart on Magazine Street. He says, “Love this town!” Hell, who wouldn’t?

The other morning I got in my car for the drive to work and heard coming out of the radio the voice of Keith Richards, talking about the 40th anniversary re-release of “Exile on Main Street,” probably the greatest Stones album of all time. NPR did some great coverage of this cultural milestone. Here’s the…
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