Oyster Bar | Vintage NYC Dining
Commuting is not always the greatest thing. Week to week and year to year, back and forth out of Grand Central Terminal can be a bit monotonous. With that said, there are bright spots. The nearly 100 year old structure itself is breathtakingly beautiful (thanks to the late Jacqueline Onassis’s power of persuasion in saving [...]
Textures | Weekend Roaming
We were lucky to get away for friend’s wedding in Eastford, CT and took the opportunity to stay at an inn close by in Woodstock, CT. The practically 300 year old structure and surrounding property were just what I needed for a little roaming. Those stone front steps looked like they’d easily last another lifetime- [...]
Free History Lessons | Union Square NYC
With everything in New York City so compressed and with everyone moving so quickly, a person can often miss what is right underfoot. Yes, NYC is not “ancient” in the global sense, but we do have quite a bit of evidence of it’s history all around us. I have the pleasure of emerging from the [...]
Vintage American Industry | Textiles and Shoes
I completely lucked out this past weekend finding an antiques dealer who specializes in vintage textile industry artifacts. Being a sweater guy myself, I couldn’t help being drawn to the beautiful colors and yarns. With the American textile industry long declined and currently the most minimal level, these industry artifacts are all that is left [...]
Danelectro | Under The Radar
The Danelectro musical instrument company was established in 1947 in Redbank, New Jersey by Nathan Daniel and has been making unique sounding (and looking) guitars, bass guitars and amps ever since. Danelectro makes a unique well-priced product and purposely chosen not to go head-to-head with the big guns of the guitar world (Fender, Gibson, etc…). [...]
Timothy Leary
Had he not stopped aging in 1996, Timothy Leary would be 90 years old today. While Mr. Leary was not a direct influence on my generation, he did however strongly influence the preceding generation of the 1960′s, which in turn created an enduring cultural and musical wellspring from which we still draw today. Mr. Leary’s [...]
Perfect Imperfections | The Details
There is beauty that only Father Time and Mother Nature’s skillful hands can create. All the subtleties, imperfectly perfect nuances and odd imbalances that make natural things so interesting and beautiful.
Signing Your Work | Cast Iron Building Facades
For anyone who lives in or frequents Soho, New York City, buildings with cast iron facades are a familiar sight. They are so beautiful that one can’t pass by without noticing their unique texture and details. The majority of the cast iron buildings in Soho were made by local firms using cast iron sections made [...]
The Harbor Yard | Fall Is Coming
Fall at the water’s edge is a favorite time and place of mine. The Fall sky casts an entirely different light on the water and on everything that has slowed down around it. Actually, a perfect time for some fishing- and the reason for heading over to Southport, Connecticut’s harbor yard last weekend. The sign [...]
The Blazer Pub | The Real Deal
I am forever on the lookout for “the real deal”. No homogenized franchised experience, no wolf in sheep’s clothing, the real deal. “Real deals” do not copy and they do not need to compete. They deliver consistently because they do what they do best.
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