Allen Salkin
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Allen Salkin, an investigative journalist, contributes to many publications, hosts a video series on the AOL Website Slashfood, spent three years as a staff reporter at The New York Times, and appeared on a reality TV series. He is the author of the book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us (ISBN 0-446-69674-9).
He has written on subjects including Annie Leibovitz's financial troubles, the last true waterbed salesman in the San Francisco Bay Area, the lives of R. and Aline Crumb in France, "The Secret", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and the NYU Suicides. Salkin has been a rubber ducky salesman in Las Vegas, a farm laborer in Crete, a casting agent in Hong Kong, a busker in Melbourne, a stand-up comedian in New York, a cafeteria cashier in Squaw Valley, a slacker in San Francisco, and a chocolate chip cookie maker in Waikiki. A fan of the Olympics, he has attended eight.
He appeared on the reality TV Show #1 Single. On episode 2 of this show, he is shown meeting Lisa Loeb on an airplane date, and then having a second date where he takes Lisa to the Donut Plant. The relationship ends after a gossip item about the budding romance appears in a newspaper.
[edit] External links
- Allen Salkin's Web page
- Festivus: The Website for the Rest of Us - Companion website to Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us
- #1 Single
- Allen's article on Sudarshan Kriya developed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Allen Salkin's videos on Slashfood
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