Choc-MobileHarvey manned the Experience Chocolate History ride, which was basically a bumper car the size of an ultra-compact, that could fit a...
BeachOn one of New Charlie's first days back in New York, he took the Subway all the way out to Far Rockaway. It was just after the official...
So Long, Noble, Farty BeastSo long, noble, farty beast! You stood at the stairs when we came home from dinner, always. Like, "Oh, it's you guys? Fine, come on in,...
Melvin at Six AMMelvin often decided that he no longer wanted to leave for his office at six in the morning. It was usually four degrees below zero when...
HeimaeyThey're about 4.5 miles off the southern coast of Iceland, wrapped in hazy salt air and encircled by flocks puffins, which look like...
Södermalm"I'm going to get make him give you a super stiff drink," he said. "The stiffest possible drink, man. Just you wait." "Great. Stiff...
BighornFor about a year, Simone lived in a Wyoming town two hours south of Billings, on a straight line down 94 through the Crow Reservation....
After-School SnackThe kids arrived from school anxious and whiny. I make them a complex snack, per usual. Apple sauce warmed in the microwave. A scoop of...
LagoonHarold fell in the lagoon again on Saturday. Second time this summer. Or, well, I guess fall now. I took him for a walk in the park to...
Catskills NotesJay and the Americans performed "Brown Eyed Girl" one New Year's Eve, I think at the Fallsview Hotel. Or maybe that year was Kutscher's,...