Yes, everybody is dating Lily Allen nowadays.

Promising start for a new novel. And how intelligent was the dessert conversation? In addition, have you ever considered a cordon culinaire?

Maar nu behoor je tot de wereld van het geld en het succes. Een groot verschil als je het mij vraagt.

money makes the world go around
the world go around
the world go around
... und mir braucht keiner zu erzaehlen geld macht nicht gluecklich...

Two 'lovely' New York women waited all through a first and a main course for that question? Usually it takes a New York minute for this (non-verbal) communication to take place. You must be engaging over dinner.

Joost

What do you mean precisely with a cordon culinaire? It crossed my mind a couple of times today. Do you mean using food to isolate somebody? Like putting al your dishes around you, and top them on each other, so you don't have to see and speak to the person on the other end of the table? Or do you mean that Mr Grungberg should isolate himself from al these dinner-partners in general? Or do you mean something else completely?

M I

You exaggerate.

M Hordijk

Arnon will from today cook his own meals, breakfast, dinner and lunch for himself and his guests in his NewYork residence and this for at least one month.

University of Love

Dear Arnon,
I can't apply for a course in writing a love letter at the University of Love. I am dissapointed as I need your help on a matter of the heart. Are there technical difficulties? I find it hard to believe it is a joke as it is written so lovingly, you aren't mocking people who already need a bit of help are you? Yours truly, M. I.

Mieke

Aha. Sounds like quite a challenge.

M Hordijk

It would also mean that Arnon has no time left to write, so no blog, no columns and a delay on his next novel.

M I

What kind of help do you need exactly?

I guess they had to ask this straightforward question, because they couldn't find it out via your accent, asking where you went to college and what your parents did (I understand this is the usual way of figuring out if you're waspy enough). The US seems quite a class-minded society.