Category: Lifestyle
When I was about 10 years old, my father took me to New York City for the first time. Throughout his life, he had a great deal of business in New York, and since it was on the company dime, the accommodations were always of the Central Park South variety. On that first trip, and on several others, it was the two of us – just me and my dad.
Those trips gave me indelible memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I remember my first New York City restaurant experience (Sea Horse Grill, Rockefeller Center), my first Broadway show (A Chorus Line), and my first New York everything. I was in love with this town from Hello, and I knew from a very young age that this is where I was going to live. This town was a knock-out to me (still is) and had a distinct vibe that we didn’t have at home. A town without an inferiority complex. There were cool impressions of New York on televisions and in movies, but I owe all those important first real-life impressions of NYC to my dad.
These days, “Uncle George” (that’s me) gets to pay it forward and show NYC to my nieces and nephews when they come to visit. View full article »
Smokey chews an early morning stick in the Catskills...
I just spent an amazing weekend in Cochecton, NY in the Catskills. Smokey and I were guests of a couple of friends who have a beautiful house on 125 sprawling acres on the side of a mountain. Absolutely stunning vistas.
Sunday morning, I was up bright and early with the dogs (6:30 a.m.). As I was enjoying my coffee watching the sun rise over the mountains, I decided to describe the scene in the Voice Memo app on my iPhone. Here’s how it went…
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Griffin Dunne
On December 15, 2009, NPR’s Fresh Air aired this magnificent interview with Griffin Dunne about his father Dominick Dunne, who died in August of 2009 at the age of 83.
I missed this interview when it first aired on December 15, 2009, but it was re-aired as a Father’s Day show this past June. I just listened to the podcast of the interview and was very moved. It is an extremely smart, touching and funny conversation with a son talking about his father and his remarkable life.
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Easy rider...
I don’t get to travel out of the city as often as many. I’m not among the fortunates who have a house somewhere in the country or at the beach, but I am lucky enough to get invited out by such people from time to time. I fondly think of them as “friends with places.”
Since I got Smokey, such outings are a little trickier, since I don’t like to go many places without him unless I really have to. But I do have “friends with places” who are either dog-friendly or have dogs themselves. This weekend, my host was a little bit of both.
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