Yesterday morning, driving in the midst of an drenching rainstorm, I heard “Christmas Rapping” by the Waitresses on the radio, and with that, my holidays had officially begun. (For more than 20 years, I mark the start of the season by the first appearance of that irresistible piece of pop perfection. In 2008, I never …
First, the roster of the silver medal-winning US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team includes MVP goalie Ryan Miller, defensemen Ryan Suter and Ryan Whitney, and forwards Ryan Kessler, Ryan Malone, Ryan Callahan, Ryan Kesler and Bobby Ryan; I don’t know if Coach Peter Laviolette was ever whistled for too many Ryans on the ice, but he …
From Art Director Richard Weigand, a love letter to writers on the cover of Esquire‘s 40th anniversary issue in October 1973, showing contributors John Kenneth Galbraith, Tom Wolfe, Nora Ephron, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Alan Arthur, Murray Kempton, John Updike, William Styron, Gay Talese, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Dwight Macdonald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James …
Lunch yesterday was provided by my pal Ryan D’Agostino, one of the stalwarts at Esquire. We ate in the Hearst employees’ cafeteria, which is located in the very cool atrium of the newish Hearst Building on Eighth Avenue. An excellent amenity. Ryan is excited about his new book, Rich Like Them, which will be published …
Anyone who cares about magazines should drop by Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, as my friend Ken Smith and I (above) did yesterday, where there is an exhibit devoted to George Lois, who was the art director for Esquire between 1962 and 1972. The word iconic gets thrown around a lot these days, but during …