On Wednesday, I had a radio-rific morning. First I went over to First Avenue and Houston to the HQ of EastVillageRadio.com. I’ve walked by the little glassed-in storefront hundreds of times, so it was exciting to actually get to go in! And be a guest! I spent an hour chitchatting with Hella and Ruth of the Hella Fabulous show. If you missed it, you can listen here. Halfway through the show, Hella and Ruth and I started obsessing about one obsolete object that we could see from inside the studio: the payphone right outside. Hella decided to go out and use it to call the studio to see if it worked.  She even got a guy on the street to give her a quarter to use. Not a bad way to make a living…

When a guy then showed up and started using the phone next to her, we pounced. Turns out he was no average civilian: He was a payphone repair man! He answered some of my pressing payphone questions. Tune in to hear the answers.

After Hella Fabulous, I biked out to DUMBO where, after paying some ridiculously high fines at the Brooklyn Public Library, I met Amber of the Hey Brooklyn show. I’ve uploaded the audio clip. Both Hella and Amber were quite keen on talking about the fact that body hair is becoming obsolete, so there’s a little bit of overlap in these conversations… Amber was particularly interested in discussing my recent $10 bikini wax. It seems that getting a $10 bikini wax and writing about a $10 bikini are both easier for me than talking about a $10 bikini wax. But I tried.

Thanks to all three ladies for a very fun morning.