Tonight’s the night! Celebrities are stuffing into New York City’s Mark Hotel as I type to swath themselves in dresses that may or may not have anything to do with tonight’s “garden of time” dress code for the Met Gala. As long as their garden is on time, I bet Anna Wintour will support a wide range of interpretations of this theme, ranging from florals and plants to, like, clocks.

Summer has finally arrived, and I left the laptop behind today so we could take advantage of it. Will be back on schedule tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s one of my favorite pictures of Buddy headed to work himself. Can’t complain about the view from his office. [Photo of Buddy Poland and Pete taken by Captain Frank Bedell] Share ncG1vNJzZmiglZbBqbHRnKaxqpmYtaK%2Bw6ymp2ajqq%2B0wMCcomebn6J8sXvJrqWeZWJqenN8kWw%3D

Six years later, a resolution of a painful case.My interest in a little-reported court case in Maryland last week is both professional and personal, and I’d like to explain why. On February 16, the jury in a civil court determined that a Baltimore rabbi and educator, Shmuel Krawatsky, 47, committed sexual assault against one child and committed battery (harmful contact) against the other in 2015, when the children – 7 and 8 years old at the time – were in his charge.

“When a smiling Kate Middleton walked to church alongside her family on Christmas Day, few, if any, could predict it would be the last normal moment the Princess would have in the spotlight for the foreseeable future.” — Vogue In the wake of Kate Middleton’s mysterious disappearance following scheduled abdominal surgery, and now thanks to confirmation of manipulated images offered as proof of her stability, the online community is ablaze with mounting speculation; From sinister cheating scandals to government cover-ups, the web is rife with theories attempting to unravel the truth behind her odd vanishing act.

I’ve always admired this skit from the comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, which first aired in 2012 at the height of the Civil War 150th commemoration. The skit opens in a camp, where Confederate reenactors are being addressed by their colonel. The speech is full Lost Cause and everyone has bought in until Key & Peele show up dressed as slaves. They brilliantly chose to depict slaves of the Lost Cause by emphasizing every racial stereotype imaginable.