This week I was delighted to do a reading from my manuscript in Pittsburgh – a city that plays a central role in my book – at the wonderful Center for PostNatural History. Here’s a video walk-through of the museum (no audio): And here’s the full audio from the talk,Read More →
I’m going to be in Pittsburgh in two weeks for a work related conference. A few months ago, I reached out to the Center for Postnatural History, as I was excited to visit them. After some back and forth, we decided I would do a reading from the book, andRead More →
There’s a great new article in the Wall Street Journal on seltzer, “Buy Into These Bubbles: Seltzer’s Fizz Is Back.” Below is the excerpt that quotes me: Barry Joseph, an associate director at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, began researching seltzer more than a decade agoRead More →
After more than a decade of the old blog design, it was more than time for an upgrade. I still have a lot to tweak, but please comment below and let me know what you think so far and what you’d like to see me add.Read More →
I have great news to share! I just posted the following on our Facebook group: I found an agent! Actually, she found me. Here’s how it happened. And how I couldn’t have done it without you. I would never say writing is easy. But it’s rewarding, pumping me with hitsRead More →
I received this wonderful email from Yam, in Israel, last week, who gave me permission to share with all of you: I live on a kibbutz founded in 1973, moved here in 1981. Visitors still ask, “Where’s the soda water?” [in the dining hall]. Apparently, kibbutzim and soda water wasRead More →
I just received this grisly but interesting article from the July 10, 1885 edition of the Scranton Tribune. Thank you Corey!Read More →
Today my family took my sister for her birthday to Hamilton’s Soda Fountain & Luncheonette, in Greenwich Village. The food is fantastic and cheap – old style luncheonette food at old fashioned prices (a hot dog for $2) – but the star is by far the soda fountain. Alex, theRead More →
After a decade of researching and writing the book, it’s done. With tremendous help this past year from many people, particularly my wife, Noemi, and friend, Julie, I finished writing (what I am now calling and hoping to stick with) Seltzertopia: The Effervescent Age. I haven’t written much on theRead More →
As I’ve focused more on writing the book and less on this blog, my comments about the project tend to appear more often on the Facebook page dedicated to the project. But I am playing now with Google’s Ngram viewer, that lets you search for occurrence of words to unearthRead More →