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Back Porch

Back Porch is a monthly column with light-hearted stories and topics by Andria Frankfort. Illustrations by James Arturo. Also, see Andria’s weekly blog, Back Porch Table, for recipes.

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Thinking About a New Year: Pop culture insights

By Andria Dilling | December 27, 2024
People in this article:
Andria Dilling, Matthew McConaughey, Jay Shetty, Ina Garten
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Ghosting

Early party exits

By Andria Dilling | April 1, 2015
Mom wars

Mom wars

By Andria Dilling | March 1, 2015
People in this article:
Andria Dilling
Courtney Brynes, Caroline Brynes, Emerson Brynes

Valentine’s Day bashes for kids

By Andria Dilling | February 1, 2015
People in this article:
Andria Dilling, Marnie Greenwood, Griffin Greenwood, Remi Greenwood, Courtney Brynes, Caroline Brynes, Barbara Roseman, Shanna Schanen, Skylar Schanen
Melinda Overstreet, Harrison Bean

Grandmother magic

By Andria Dilling | January 1, 2015
People in this article:
Donna Palmer, Jack Mandel, Erika Mandel, Melinda Overstreet, Harrison Bean, Caroline Bean, Andrew Bean, Steve Overstreet, Rachael Berry, Diana Bridger, Melissa Blandford, Joan Dunlap, William Bridger, Elle Berry
Barzizas

Standing on (holiday) ceremony

By Andria Dilling | December 1, 2014
People in this article:
Nancy Barziza, Stephanie Petru, Joy Yeager, Jenifer Ben-Shoshan, Barbara Trautner, Kevin Trautner, Margaret Trautner, Mark Trautner, Jill Klaff, Tracy Pesikoff, Josh Pesikoff
Lian Zhenying, Gregg Donovan

Fry, turkey, fry

By Andria Dilling | November 1, 2014
People in this article:
Reneé Davy Oakum, Todd Oakum, Ruth Meric, Gregg Donovan, Karin Donovan
party

Halloween on the block

By Andria Dilling | October 1, 2014
Claire and Michael

Entertaining the family

By Andria Dilling | September 1, 2014
People in this article:
Sarah Sampson, William Perdue, Susan Gorman, Will Sampson, Christine Laskin, Carin Davidson, Michelle Frankfort, Brandy Silverman
Cohens

Parents embarrassing their kids

By Andria Dilling | August 1, 2014
People in this article:
Andria Dilling, Ben Feldman, Hannah Cohen, Ben Cohen, Dorene Cohen, Alec Gibson
Joshua Rassin

Summer Reading

By Andria Dilling | July 1, 2014
People in this article:
Joshua Rassin, R.J. Palacio, Kristin Levine, Kristen Leach, John Green, Christina Baker Kline, Graeme Simsion, Dan Harris, Ali Katz, S.J. Kinkaid, Jordan Sonnenblick, Homer Hickam
Amy Kalmin

“You’ll definitely wear it again...”

By Andria Dilling | June 1, 2014
People in this article:
Amy Kalmin, Bobbi Asarch, Ceron
Ignorance

Is ignorance really bliss?

By Andria Dilling | May 1, 2014
People in this article:
Harriet Babchick, Anita Gaylor, Jacqueline Kenneally, Heather Kearney, Barbara Trautner
FB Birthday

The birthday’s new face

By Andria Dilling | April 1, 2014
People in this article:
Andy Powers, Chris Powers, Tandy Harris, Allison Zeller, Cheryl Laird, Susan Farb Morris
Recipe

Recipe wars

By Andria Dilling | March 1, 2014
People in this article:
Andria Dilling
hairdresser

Breaking up with your hairdresser

By Andria Dilling | February 1, 2014
People in this article:
Eric Lindsey, Darcy Eaves
Anna Jones

Resolutions times 100

By Andria Dilling | January 1, 2014
People in this article:
Anna Jones, Gregg Jones
Hanukkah and Thanksgiving

Thanksgivukkah?

By Andria Dilling | November 1, 2013
People in this article:
Olga Lara, Kristen Berger, Allan Fradkin, Bonnie Winograd, Nicole Winograd, Ali Katz
Fred Holste, Randy Holste

Technology gap

By Andria Dilling | September 1, 2013
People in this article:
Fred Holste, Randy Holste, Gregory Holste, David Gerber
John Montgomery and David Pesikoff

Summer Reading

By Andria Dilling | June 1, 2013
People in this article:
Anna Jones, Dorothy Wickenden, Elizabeth Ehrlich, John Montgomery, David Pesikoff, Ernest Hemingway, Leo Tolstoy, William Faulkner, Erik Larson, James Shapiro, Ali Katz, Elizabeth Strout, Joe Epstein, J.K. Rowling, Rachel Kushner
Bradley Sabloff

Summer Reading

By Andria Dilling | July 1, 2012
People in this article:
E. L. James, Jane Austen, Bradley Sabloff, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jess Walter, Susan Danziger, Anne Fortier, Paul Danziger, Stephen King, Laura Hillenbrand, Susan Zeller, Richard zacks, Gregory David Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Lindy McGee, Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Anne Fadiman, Lisa Grunwald, Jonathan Tropper, Taryn Daniels, Karen Turbidy, Elizabeth Strout, Farley Erikson, Colum McCann, Mordicai Gerstein
Bernie Milstein

Summer Reading

By Andria Dilling | June 1, 2011
People in this article:
Gretchen Rubin, Brian Selznick, Sarah Sampson, Phillip Roth, Wallace Stegner, Ethan Canin, John Updike, John Cheever, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bernie Milstein, Dena Prasher, Thrity Umrigar, Robin Oliveira, Mary Doria Russell, Christopher Buckley, Janet Evanovich, Laura Baird, Charloette Baird, Berkeley Baird, Jacqueline Touchet, Trenton Lee Stewart, Abraham Touchet, Bobby Lynn Maslen, Brandon Sorkin, Melissa Brams, Laurie Keller, Joshua Strauss, Mike Lupica, Charles Sampson, Will Sampson, Jane Yolen, Roald Dahl
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