June 8, 2018
by Dave Digest
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Garry Wills has a great definition of “saint” in The New York Review of Books (June 7, 2018), in “The Art of the Schmooze,” a tribute to Studs Terkel: “I considered him a saint, by the only definition that makes … Continue reading
September 16, 2017
by Dave Digest
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Rest in peace, Harry Dean Stanton. Circa 1988, I worked the ticket booth at The Bottom Line Cabaret on weekends, during the day, while I was at NYU. Stick thin, long-haired little weirdo. One rainy day, the night’s band was … Continue reading
May 7, 2017
by Dave Digest
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Sorry Coke and Snickers – changing up my Sunday laundry game with Orangina and Nutty Buddy lol ? #Brooklyn #itsthelittlethings #babysteps
June 29, 2016
by Dave Digest
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Thrilled to eavesdrop on Jeffrey Brown’s PBS NewsHour interview with genius James Corner of Field Operations, at the High Line in NYC. I was too shy to ask for a selfie, but I snagged a few snaps.
March 28, 2012 by Dave McClintock | 0 comments
All-white bike, painted in place? Maybe it’s a memorial … 59th and Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn.
October 15, 2011 by Dave McClintock | 0 comments
Music break: From a 2011 release by Des Ark, an intriguingly lush, raw, dissonant, harmonious, humorous, ferocious band from North Carolina.
June 16, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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In 1996 or so, my newly wed bride and I were invited to my boss’s husband’s 50th birthday party. We were excited. It was our first grown up party since our wedding, to be held in Ponte’s, a nice restaurant … Continue reading
May 30, 2011 by Dave McClintock | 0 comments
My daughter recently discovered this in a sketchbook – it’s a portrait of me from two years ago, when she was eight. Propped up with my laptop on a lap desk, I’m well stocked with news and candy. She knows me well :o)
March 3, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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Three friends just had babies, two nieces and an honorary nephew had birthdays, two friends dodged an earthquake, and a friend with a wife and two kids just landed a finance job after a long post-meltdown stretch. Let’s keep that … Continue reading
January 30, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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My Grandpa passed away on January 12th. He would have been 96 yesterday. One summer, he played this song for me (Stevie Wonder’s I Just Called), in between some Tennessee Ernie Ford and country classics, while he drove me through my … Continue reading