Semper erit aestas.

Hey, booze lovers! You can now take your...

Dec 1st

This is some bullshit.

You know what really drives me bonkers? Nearly all of my friends run and love running and love...

Dec 1st

Oh my gosh, you guys, DECEMBER is here. Everyone say hi to...

Dec 1st

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Daryl Hall and Chromeo: “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” (via)

Dec 1st

John Carney: holiday sage.

Nov 30th

“Did you get the picture yet? I’m painting you a...”
— Jay-Z

Nov 30th

Pamela created a celebreality game of Guess Who. I want! I...

Nov 30th

Long time, no run.

Last week I received a couple emails inquiring after my recent dearth of running posts. After my...

Nov 30th

Pragmatism is OUT! Let's see more...

Nov 30th

Lazy Sunday. Let’s get stoned and watch this.

Nov 29th

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The National: “About Today” (via)

Nov 29th

Can of worms.

CR: What are you thinking about?
MHL: Wondering if I can get away with a moustache at work. What are you thinking about? No. Scratch that. Don't answer that question.

Nov 29th

Flags on Fifth Avenue.

Nov 28th

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Harry Belafonte: “Jump In the Line” (1961) The best part of Wednesday night was waking...

Nov 28th

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Billy Joel: “Uptown Girl” (via)

Nov 28th

“When she dances, oh brother, She’s a hurricane in all...”
— Harry Belafonte

Nov 28th

Three Friday nights.

On Wednesday night (our first Friday night of the holiday weekend) CCC, LSP, SW, and I snuck...

Nov 28th

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Adam Sandler: “Thanksgiving song” (via)

Nov 26th

Tonight!

ERJ: You're late. What time will you be [at the Ace Hotel]?
CR: Um, like ten after.
ERJ: Shut the front door.
CR: More like fifteen after.
ERJ: Shut the front door again, but more softly.

Nov 26th

“A fish was made to swim in the ocean. A ship was made to...”
— Sam Cooke

Nov 25th

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Nov 25th

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The Righteous Brothers: “Unchained Melody” (via)

Nov 24th

Run, Cary, run.

Last night for the first time since my last marathon I hit the streets for a long run. Acting on...

Nov 24th

“Whoever said, ‘Being a kid is magical. I miss that...”
— MD

Nov 24th

In February we drove to the beach. Snow had fallen the day...

Nov 23rd

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Sam Cooke: “That’s Where It’s At” (via) You’re saying that...

Nov 23rd

A matter of (bad) taste.

MTW: Who are your favorite men?
CR: I like Ernest Hemingway, Peter O'Toole, James Caan.
MTW: Caan! No way.
CR: But my number one, whom I'd go to bed with even after I say my marital vows is...
CR: Brandon Flowers.
MTW: Brandon Flowers?! Good night, Cary. Nice knowing you.

Nov 23rd

PUF in memoriam.

My two-part review of the Pop Up Flea is up and running at All Plaid Out. Experience the magic...

Nov 23rd

Choosing my get-up for the Pop Up was of course a code red...

Nov 22nd

“Cary, you are the frattiest person I know. And in your...”
— Emily the kid sister

Nov 22nd

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Radiohead v. Robert Palmer: “Every Kind of Creep” Emotional disco. Get it while the...

Nov 22nd

Here’s a sneak of what I saw today (and yesterday) at...

Nov 22nd

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Daryl Hall and John Oates: “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” (via)

Nov 21st

I chose my own adventure.

Last night, after casing the Pop Up Flea for All Plaid Out, after lobster and martinis at the...

Nov 21st

We are assholes.

CR: Liz. I have to tell you something very important.
LSP: What's that?
CR: [closes eyes, takes deep breath] Party is hard.
LSP: It's true. It's a full time job.
CR: Not for the faint of heart.
LSP: Models and bottles, baby.
CR: Party is very, very hard.

Nov 21st

Lindsay surprised me with this collage. Isn’t it...

Nov 20th

“It’s tough being Bobby Brown. To be Bobby then,...”
— Jay-Z

Nov 20th

Nov 20th

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Stevie Wonder: “I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)” (via)

Nov 20th

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Nov 19th

The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master

Nov 19th

Nov 19th

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Don McLean: “American Pie” (via)

Nov 19th

ERIT AMERICANA.

Nov 19th

“I’m going to give you to the count of ten to get your...”
— Gangster Johnny, Home Alone

Nov 18th

Max Wastler of All Plaid Out recently held a contest for his...

Nov 18th

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Backstreet Boys: “I Want It That Way” (via) 

Nov 18th

That way.

En route to a meeting in the Bowery last week I listened to the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want...

Nov 18th

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Rolling Stones: “Beast of Burden” (via)

Nov 17th

Monday was one of those eventful-yet-uneventful evenings...

Nov 17th

I want to buy a bow tie and take lots and lots of pictures...

Nov 17th

A standard grill session:

CR: We're talking about a man with an indoor basketball court built into his summer house. How can you say he's cheap?
KSG: That's an interesting question.
KSG: This is also a man who wears the same Adidas socks with the same hole in them every single time. That's cheap. But I like him anyway.

Nov 17th

“There is always that one person you love who becomes that...”
— C. Klosterman

Nov 16th

Maybe I’ll find this at the Pop Up Flea! And maybe...

Nov 16th

This will be awesome. Maybe you will see me there, taking...

Nov 16th

"...and she knows how to use them."

MTW: You've got great legs.
CR: I know.
MTW: And you're also conceited.

Nov 16th

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Van Halen: “Right Now” (via)

Nov 16th

An ode to Brother Jimmy's BBQ.

(sung to the tune of the Davy Crockett theme song) Found on a corner in Murray Hill Home base for...

Nov 15th

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PM Dawn: “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (via)

Nov 15th

So street.

CR: I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
ZRL: Okay.
CR: But you can't tell ANYONE. Got it?
ZRL: Okay.
CR: This would RUIN my street cred.
ZRL: Cary, you don't HAVE any street cred.

Nov 15th

Via.

Nov 15th

Broad stripes and bright stars.

This evening Suzanne and I met to view the American Beauty exhibit at FIT. Among other sartorial...

Nov 14th

The happiest, happiest birthday salutations to my dear sweet...

Nov 12th

Calling all New York road runners!

Holiday season is upon us in all its caloric glory, and I honestly cannot think of a better way to...

Nov 12th

DAILY DOSE OF SUMMER. (via)

Nov 12th

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Enrique Iglesias: “Escape” (via)

Nov 12th

“Last week I ordered Casper on Netflix because I was certain...”
— Sister Jane Brewster

Nov 11th

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Sesame Street pays tribute to running, the greatest sport of all time. OF ALL TIME. (via)

Nov 10th

“So if you love me, baby, This is how you let me know:...”
— Jay-Z

Nov 10th

Look at that intimidating scowl! I am feeling rather bad ass...

Nov 10th

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TV on the Radio: “Love Dog” (via) I have had this song on repeat since January.

Nov 10th

Nov 9th

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Broken Social Scene: “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Joy Division cover) (via)

Nov 8th

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Third Eye Blind: “Losing a Whole Year” (via)

Nov 6th

Following the opening of Jane LaFarge Hamill’s show at...

Nov 6th

“Always put a tie on. Always. It only takes an extra thirty...”
— C. Klosterman

Nov 5th

At four a.m. on Saturday morning, we fell out of the (green)...

Nov 5th

Via.

Nov 5th

With Secret Forts and All Plaid Out at the L.L. Bean...

Nov 4th

Relation-shit.

The roommate broke down for me her recent slow demise with the ex. Or was he an ex? Was he ever her...

Nov 4th

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Sam Cooke: “Medley: Its All Right / For Sentimental Reasons” (via)

Nov 4th

Battlefield.

The National: Walk away now, and you're gonna start a war.
Jordin Sparks: I never meant to start a war.

Nov 4th

“Hey, where did everybody go? Everyone I know has blown the...”
— S. Jenkins, “Summer...

Nov 4th

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Nov 4th

Semper erit sartorial.

I don’t wear the most popular clothes. My mother and girl friends would like to burn these...

Nov 3rd

"So if she has one hanging in her closet, you...

Nov 3rd

Halloween: By the numbers

tangledupinblonde: * (47) Wrong turns on my way to find a subway that wasn’t completely blocked...

Nov 1st

This view takes first place on Marathon Sunday. New York, I...

Nov 1st

We’re watching the elites finish NYC from a sixteenth...

Nov 1st