The List

A Life List is like a bucket list, but more lifey. You may have heard of them. I’ve never officially put mine out there, although I’ve had one in the works for a while. Over the last years, I’ve done year lists every year, but have always put off publishing a Life List. I don’t [...]

Photo from Anthology Magazine. For years now, I’ve made Yearlong To-Do Lists, Tax-Day-to-Tax-Day Lists, Birthday-to-Birthday Lists. Basically, small-section versions of the beloved Life Lists. But since moving to the country, it seems that seasons have started to matter more. Even our weird seasons in Texas. And not to go all moon-cycle Farmer’s Almanac on you, [...]

So here’s what. I’m working on a list of things I want to do this year. Things I want to accomplish. Things I want to experience. You get the gist. And I want to be very intentional (or as intentional as possible) as I do this. So last week, as I was thinking about this [...]

This is one of those fuzzy life goals that means something to me, but even I’m not sure what. That said, I was just reading this interview, and I think this quote sums it up… “Since my dad died, I think a lot about what kind of life I really want for me and for [...]

Number 15 involves a long story that starts back on July 5th, and is so boring it’s not worth telling. It’s a meta tale about goals and intentions and weather and do-overs and more. This tale would be at least one naval-gazing blog post in itself (and I do have lovely photos to accompany it) [...]

As someone who sometimes throws parties for a living, I’ve found that I can insert my own ideas into what kind of party Harry wants. I’ve also discovered most ways to make anything 180 times more difficult than it needs to be. This is somewhat fine when you have an only child, who is turning [...]

In 107 days, I will turn 40. This is super weird math because I feel somewhere around 14 1/2. Math has never been my strong suit. But speaking of numbers, I have 40 things that I’ve dared myself to do in the next 107 days. And by all accounts, I’ve done 10 of them. 6 [...]

You know on my 40 before I’m 40 list, #22 is “Throw a big party in NYC.” Well, I though I’d start small and practice a bit. So a few weeks ago, I helped throw a cocktail party at the Ace Hotel in NYC with Federated Media (photos here, many of which I stole for [...]

Will you be in New York on Saturday, August 7? Us too. Let’s grab a beer. Lots of us will be at the The Volstead (125 East 54th St.) from 6 p.m. until we leave. There will be no sponsors, there will be no schwag, no one will make you drink a sickly sweet purple [...]