A Lesson in Racquet Sports
2,256 Words. 9 Minute Read.
I was at a Christmas party at the Racquet & Tennis Club in New York where I befriended an older gentleman. We found ourselves sitting fireside in the library chatting about squash. We got along famously and ended up enjoying steaks and bourbon at the Harvard Club – one of those quintessential New York nights.
24 Hours in Mississippi
1,365 Words. 5 Minute Read.
I’ve visited Hemingway’s grave in Sun Valley and Hunter Thompson’s fortified compound in Aspen, but Rowan Oak is in a league of its own.
Choice Places to Smoke a Cigar, I
833 Words. 3 Minute Read.
Atlanta, Half Moon Bay, San Francisco.
A Day in the Life of Haberdasher
793 Words. 3 Minute Read.
It wasn’t uncommon to have an old stockbroker colleague wake up on my apartment couch on a weekday morning because I invited everyone to everything I was invited to – and there were a lot of invitations as a Man of the Cloth.
Getting into Brown University
1,611 Words. 6 Minute Read.
We were broke, surviving off canned goods, and had nothing to our names but cigarettes, a fly rod, and a few sleeping bags. We bathed in the Snake River when need be, drank beer for breakfast, and spent our days playing Frisbee, reading thrift store paperbacks, and listening to music.