Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Start Making Sense

So much inanity in just seven days.

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How to (Not) Deal

Physical, emotional, and existential issues got you down? Ask your doctor if AcrossTheBoardAvoidance™ could be right for you.

Nov 5 • 

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October 2025

Al Chet Sh’chatanu

For the variety show which we have planned against thee.

Oct 9 • 

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September 2025

Get in Your Go-Cart and Go, Little Sister

Saying yes to myself, and to being seen...in the presence of a lot of "no" energy, both real and imagined.

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Let Me...? Entertain You...?

Why is it embarrassing to sing in public? On trying to find the nerve to do that at an Oldster event I'm conjuring. And where my curiosity would take me…

Published on Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton • Sep 12

August 2025

Rosendale Part II

Who needs made-up lore when you've already got a rich, colorful history?

Aug 18 • 

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Rosendale

The first in a series about my 20 years (so far) living upstate.

Aug 12 • 

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July 2025

In the Kitchen with Mario Cantone

And just like that, I was reminded of a pretty great gig I had for the New York Times, back in the aughts.

Jul 18 • 

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One Haircut, Three $hoots

And my Glamour essay on the cutting room floor. Brushing up against Condé Nast excess back in the day.

Jul 11 • 

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June 2025

Ode to Chlorine

At the pool, relearning to be a person in the world.

Published on Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton • Jun 29

Postcard from Nashville

A dispatch from my (humbling) recent visit to Music City USA (and cousin SMOTUS).

Jun 13 • 

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May 2025

Breaking the Bank

But for a reason I feel good about. (Or am trying to.)

May 13 • 

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