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Cocktail Bar, Beer Bar, Dive Bar: Engage Accordingly
Here’s the deal: When in Rome. You know how the rest goes. To enjoy a place, go with what it…
New York Beach Bars: Go Visit While You Still Can.
“Watching the summer close is like watching a good kid die for no apparent reason.” …
San Francisco Art For Sale (ships free): Caffé Trieste
I lived in SF for a while and fell in love with a few places there, which I’ve commemorated with…
I Miss the Oak Trees
I was about 10 or 11, sitting at the kitchen table gulping back hot, painful tears that stuck in my…
Dominick’s of Ann Arbor, and Why I Love It
Dominick’s on a perfect fall day, first year of college, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Clean breeze, almost painfully bright…
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop: Crime and History on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
Dateline: Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Yeah, yeah. I know what you’re thinking. Vomit, whiz, debauchery and vomit. Sure. Bourbon Street.…
Brooklyn’s Long Island Restaurant is coming back!
When I see an old sign as cool as this one, I want to grab a snap-brim fedora, go back…
Drawings of Women from Magazines
I was on vacation in Michigan last week, traveling—as always—with the sketchbook. As an exercise I sometimes draw people from…
Old Sketchbook Dept.: “Drawing Things Around the House,” or “Practice, Practice, Practice”
Robert Crumb, for however you may judge his personal life, his views toward women, his taste in facial hair, etc.,…