by waiter | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Frank Bruni, the food critic for the NY Times, interviewed me for an article in his Critic’s Notebook titled Old Gender Roles with Your Dinner? Basically the article is about how male and female diners are treated differently in restaurants. I am quoted as...
by waiter | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
(Possible Spoiler Alert!) It’s ten o’clock at night and I’m leaving the movie theater with my friend Mike. It’s Mike’s 37th birthday so I liberated him from his wife and infant son and took him out for beers and a movie. After consuming greasy man food and a pitcher...
by waiter | Oct 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
I often buy things for myself out of shame. I bought a new couch only when it became obvious that my musty, sagging, slip covered old one was about to achieve sentience. When I realized that I’d be in public promoting my book I finally decided to replace the worn, ill...
by waiter | Oct 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here are two fun interviews I did for The Street.com and WNBC. Many thanks to Gregg Greenberg and Jillian Kreitzman for making it look easy!
by waiter | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m very happy to announce that the good people at BermanBraun, an independent production company, have optioned Waiter Rant for development as a television series. My deep thanks to Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun for their faith in the material I’ve created and their...
by waiter | Sep 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m very happy to announce that I will be writing another book for Ecco! Titled At Your Service, I’ll be going “undercover” to investigate the dynamics of tipping across the service industry. And I won’t just be writing about waiters mind you, but nail technicians,...
by waiter | Sep 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m lying sideways on a gurney in the radiology department of my local hospital. My bloated abdomen glistening with ultrasound jelly, I feel like a beached whale leaking ambergris. “Take a deep breath and hold it,” the ultrasound technician says, pressing the...
by waiter | Sep 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sorry I haven’t been posting lately. My life has been very busy with professional and personal activities. In fact I’m heading down to Philadelphia today to do a TV show and a radio interview! Then I’m speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival this...
by waiter | Aug 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
My book has been on the NYT Bestseller List for a month! Who would’ve figured? Also, here’s a little press I did with Playboy.com and the Chicago Tribune. I’m also honored to be have been invited as a panelist at the Brooklyn Book Festival on...
by waiter | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s early evening and I’m in the backseat of a limousine driving through Central Park. I’ve just finished a television interview and my driver’s taking me back to my girlfriend’s place in Harlem. Growing up middle class, being chauffeured in a limo usually...
