June 2011
15 posts
The NBA Draft, Explained →
Don Draper, Kia, Meatball Shop, Clinton Hill, Gary Bettman, Jimmer, Thunder Road, Durham, upside, Al Gore, Tipper Gore, The New Yorker, Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulleen Boomers, Jimmer, Dougie, Jimmerjimmerjimmerjimmerjimmer, Tyreke Evans, Hand Down Man Down, Arcade Fire, whoisalecburks.tumblr.com, The Notebook, twins, Sandra Bullock,...
“In my case, that’s channel 53 [YES] most afternoons, I’m always...”
– Gay Talese, or everyone ever?
“Snoop’s line, “How’s my hair look, Mike?” is a case in point. He wasn’t sure...”
– You look good, girl.
“The menu would have two sides. Soup a l’onion on one side, clam chowder on...”
– Paris, Texas.
“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the...”
– I forgot to quote this yesterday, but, anyway, it doesn’t even celebrate the holiday. So! This seems appropriately belated, or at least belatedly appropriate.
“I transcribed all the block quotes in Franny and Zooey into a memo book — the...”
– This! All of this, too.
“At this point, which was a…number of drinks in, it was easy to forget that it...”
– This! All of this.
“Patterson: I get in late and I look around the room, and all of sudden Bill...”
– The Birth and Death of The National.
Shackleford Shakedown! →
It wasn’t yet 9 a.m. when Danny Meyer, one of New York’s premier restaurateurs, started reminiscing about the time he was caught betting underage at a horse-racing track.
My story about the restaurauteur who’s turning a little bit of horseplay into even bigger business at Shake Shack.