The Last Christmas With Santa Claus
There Comes a Time “Daaaaaad?” I knew what that stretched out, whiny, questioning tone meant. Every dad knows what that means. Something was wrong….
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The Roseto Effect
What The Professor and Malcolm Gladwell got wrong
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The Accidental Salsa Apprentice
“Do you ever listen to latin jazz?”
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J. Lo Has Left the Building
Sharing Father’s Day with Marc Anthony.
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Peter Max, Milo and Me
You know those people who seem to “have a guy” for everything?
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The Old Neighborhood And The Sea
A fishing kook’s Key West tale.
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Arlo Guthrie, Howard Beach and Thanksgiving
Don’t You Know Me, I’m Your Native Son.
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Hills Like … Something
With apologies to Ernest Hemingway.
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What Do Norse Gods and the Headless Horseman Have to Do With Mistletoe?
The historical truth behind mistletoe-forced kissing.
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How to Get Into Rao’s
You’re not getting a table. Or are you?
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Lou DeRicco, the Best Surfcaster You’ve Never Heard Of
A fishy story.
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The Wizards of Ozone Park
A Little Shoppe of Flowers provides a window into Kerouac’s life in Queens.
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Midnight at Marrakesh
From the late 1970s through the ’90s the party almost never reached Montauk. It didn’t get much further east than Westhampton. Such was the draw of Club Marrakesh.
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Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Pepper Too?
When I saw Hall and Oates in Central Park in 1980, I was wearing only black bikini briefs and an orange hard hat. Nothing else. Really. It’s a long story…
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Lost in the Garden: Kauai
Kauai is called the Garden Island. Sure, all the tour books will tell you that this is because of its lush tropical landscape, but maybe that’s not the real reason.
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Nobody Does Christmas Like Big Uncle Joe
Everyone has that one special relative or family friend they could count on as a kid to make Christmas special.
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