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Sofa Sagas: Every Couch Search Is Like a Love Story

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By Kelly Stout Verified
| Dwell Magazine Verified
Welcome to Sofa Sagas—stories about the circuitous search for a very important and occasionally fraught piece of furniture. For five years I lived in a New York apartment with furniture that had been bought to furnish a single-family home in Northern California in the early 1990s. The deal was that when my parents got divorced, they offered me a love seat that was way too big for my apartment, along with an eight-seater dining table and a bench to go with it.
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Mike Birbiglia Took 'The Good Life' From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here's How

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By Kelly Stout Verified
| Rolling Stone Verified
I n his twenties, the comedian, director, and actor Mike Birbiglia learned to play the guitar because of its theatrical simplicity. “I always admired people who could walk into a bar and just… that’s the show,” he tells me. He liked the idea of not having to tech beforehand. No sound check. No cast. “I am the — this is the show. And I feel like this one’s the closest to that.
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Mike Birbiglia Took ‘The Good Life’ From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here’s How

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By Kelly Stout Verified
| Yahoo Entertainment Verified
Mike Birbiglia backstage at the Beacon Theatre in March. He says he favors simplicity in his work: “Mike’s gonna tell a story.” - Credit: Photographs by COLE WILSON In his twenties, the comedian, director, and actor Mike Birbiglia learned to play the guitar because of its theatrical simplicity. “I always admired people who could walk into a bar and just… that’s the show,” he tells me. He liked the idea of not having to tech beforehand. No sound check. No cast. “I am the — this is the show.
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