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Lisa Birnbach and Jesse Kornbluth in the Studio at The Field

I have 2 months’ worth of oat milk in my fridge and am awaiting a delivery of 5 bottles of antibacterial hand sanitizer. Am I crazy? Wait. Don’t answer that. We are entering even a more dystopian period than I have ever known, and my brief, my assignment to come up with five things that make my life better – an exercise that I have grown to appreciate – is going to be harder than usual.

Our guest this week is writer Jesse Kornbluth, long time magazine writer, novelist, screenwriter, and man about town. His new novel is about President John F. Kennedy and his alleged long-time mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer.

I really really want to give you my list of five things that made my life better this week. I’m going to need a moment.

The 5 Things that made my life better this week:

1. I like that my iphone or is it AT&T notifies me when a telemarketer calls and even screens many spam calls. That’s a time and annoyance saver that I appreciate.

2. I saw the first half of the play “Inheritance” on Broadway this past Sunday. In a whirlwind 3 hours and 15 minutes I experienced the excitement, hilarity, rage, and despair of a group of gay male friends in 2017 and 2018. The writing, by Matthew Lopez and Stephen Daldry’s direction made it riveting and moving.

3. And move I did, like a banshee when I recognized Mayor Pete and Chasten Buttigieg a couple of rows in front of us. I stepped on my boyfriend’s foot and trampled a couple of other people sitting next to us in order to go and pay my respects to this wonderful patriotic couple. It made the play even richer for me. And frankly I was glad that the Buttigieges made time for themselves to enjoy this play. It’s closing this weekend (March 15). If you can see it somehow, do.

4. Writing Assignments. I’m writing a couple of feature stories right now; one for a magazine, and one for The New York Times. I am enjoying the experiences so much. It’s a different kind of pleasure to conduct interviews off the air. But I feel lucky when I get to write for a large audience.

5. Two of my exhibits ™ are celebrating their birthdays this week. Exhibit A and Exhibit C are interesting, vibrant, original, intelligent people. Happy birthday my loves!