Category Archives: The Good Life

Tennis Highlights

Paleo Retiree writes: One of my favorite video forms of the YouTube era is the cutdown tennis match. Real-life tennis matches are just too damn long, you know? I played high school tennis; I’ve hung out with some excellent players; … Continue reading

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Thomas Keller’s Bouchon

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is Vegas a better food town than New York or L.A.? Very well could be. Celebrity chefs have joints at virtually every hotel. Hell, the Palazzo and Venetian alone have two restaurants from Emeril, three places from Mario Batali, … Continue reading

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City Living and the Line at the Apple Store

Paleo Retiree writes: Back in NYC for less than 24 hours after a couple of months away and already my brain is jangled, and my mind and eye are overstimulated … On my walk this morning I stopped by the … Continue reading

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Cocktail Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: I asked the bartender at a steakhouse where we ate recently what made this such a good Manhattan. “A few drops of Grenadine swirled in the shaker and then poured off,” she said. “Is that really all?” … Continue reading

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Retro: Barber Shops

Paleo Retiree writes: These days I often find myself enjoying retro things. Is it my age that makes me so partial to old things, and to new things done in old styles? (If I’ve achieved true fuddy-duddyism, I have to … Continue reading

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Architecture We Love 3: Corrugated Metal

Paleo Retiree writes: Among the many shortcomings of semi-official discussions of architecture: An overemphasis on architects, and particularly on star architects (aka “starchitects”). What the starchitects create represents less than 1% of the built environment. The rest of  building-and-urbanism is … Continue reading

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Life After Retirement, An Ongoing Series …

Paleo Retiree writes: A great retirement discovery for me: You no longer have to live in any one place. The government may insist that you have an address, but once you’re free of the damn job you’re also free to … Continue reading

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Taste Question

Paleo Retiree writes: Don’t get me wrong. I love flirtiness, and I’m more than capable of enjoying some well-placed outrageousness and vulgarity. And I’m not talking here about passing laws. Still: Is this the way we want our popular culture … Continue reading

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Arbor Gates, The Saga Continues

Paleo Retiree writes: The estimable Blowhard, Esq. and I are involved in a quest to direct the attention of architecture fans (and potential architecture fans) to the modest pleasures of what are called “arbor gates” — trellised, usually overgrown, garden … Continue reading

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Vacation, all I ever wanted…

Brundle Guy writes: First of all, I must apologize. When I was asked to join this ragtag group of misfits and ne’er-do-wells I was frothing at the mouth to get some posts going, make a bunch of comments, start a few … Continue reading

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