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I was really looking forward to the Believer Magazine Event. I like The Believer and the people who run it. I was also pleased to be back on the lower west side of Manhattan, where things are a little bit realer.

I got there really early, but alas, no party. I just got to stand in line with about twenty other people who were concerned that the event would sell out. This concern was justified, after all, the event was advertised as featuring a 3-D View-Master presentation. I was all in.

The M.C., Michael Ian Black, was sort...

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This Festival has taken me to places where I have never been. And I am not talking about intellectually. This festival has taken me to swanky parts of Manhattan where the likes of me seldom tread. Trekking across 5th Avenue sort of skeeves me out. There is nothing more disconcerting that passing blocks and blocks of stores displaying dresses you could neither afford, nor fit. But I digress.

It was well worth the gauntlet-run to make it to The French Institute, more specifically Le Skyroom! Such a lovely calming space. (Such a funny name. Makes me think of Le...