Topics: Neighborhood report, back to school, Nate's Detroit Pizza on Court St, Tarrytown House Estate, Goosefeather, Bar Bete, Strong Rope Brewery, Gowanus Waterfront Park, Keen's Steakhouse, Doobie Brothers and Steve Winwood at Madison Square Garden, Trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Eric Bachmann at Le Poisson Rouge, Jeff Rosens…

Topics: Catching up, City Hall abandoned subway station tour, trip to Saratoga Springs, heatwaves, Bon Bon, One Girl Cookies, Cafe Volkan, Ace's Pizza, Daryl Hall + Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Radio City Music Hall, R-Cade/Barcade, Olympics watching, New Haven, Modern Apizza, IT! Adventures at Jordans Furniture, subway adventures, trip to S…

Topics: Catching up, The Meat Hook, Automattic office, Lambchop and Sloppy Heads at Mama Tried, The Cyclone, Totonno's Pizzeria, Liam Gallagher John Squire at Brooklyn Paramount, Fastball at the Mercury Lounge, Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Forest Hills Stadium, Justin Vivian Bond at St. Ann's Warehouse, The Helm Family Midnight Ramble at Levon Hel…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Harold Ickes Playground, running, subway adventures, Mardi Gras gig at Mama Tried, DJEAD Night at Broken Land, trip to Cincinnati, World Peace Bell in Newport, KY, trip to Austin, Diana Ross at ACL Moody Theater, Vikingur Olafsson at Carnegie Hall, Jonathan Richman at the Bell House, Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Let…

Topics: Poconos, Kalahari Water Park, Station Bar in Woodstock, Phish at Madison Square Garden NYE, dduk guk New Year's Day, University of Michigan football, NOTEM planners, Humbled by the Void practice, MTA adventures, birthday parties, upcoming Mardi Gras 2/10 gig at Mama Tried, Maine Beer Co., Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley, The Hypos S/T, Little …

Topics: holiday parties, Christmas carol singing, Cobble Hill Ballet's The Nutcracker at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Serafina Tribeca, Mates of State + Versus + Girl Scout Handbook + The Aislers Set at Littlefield, Yo La Tengo + The Aislers Set at the Bowery Ballroom, Madonna + Honey Dijon at Barclays Center, Jon Langford + Sally Timms at the G…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Tacos El Brother 3 truck, new places, Travel Bar, alternate side parking, living in NYC, Pavement at Brooklyn Steel, trip to Cincinnati, Zip's Cafe, Madtree Brewing, Rhinegeist, The National: Homecoming, Bartees Strange, The Walkmen, Patti Smith, Weyes Blood, Pavement, The National, making new friends, Peter Gabriel at …

Topics: I Get Wild at Positive Jam in Accord, NY, The Hold Steady, Guided By Voices, New Paltz, tech offices, Automattic, friends in from out of town, The National + Patti Smith at Madison Square Garden, vacation, Montreal, Sutton, Quebec, Schilling Beer Co., New Hampshire, Maine, Old Orchard Beach, Maine Mall, Eventide, Boston, first day of school…

Topics: summer stoop and roof hangs, Shipwrecked Golf in Red Hook, lunchtime walks in Central Park, Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park, Jon Bon Jovi rest stop, Savak at Mama Tried, Balthazar, Milady's, Rose City Band at Union Pool, Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Evenings at the Village Gate by John Coltrane wi…

Topics: Memorial Day, I Get Wild at Littlefield, Humbled by the Void gig, Luna Park/Coney Island, out of town friends, school happy hour, Black Mountain Wine House, Bryan Adams + Joan Jett at Madison Square Garden, end of school, Dolce Brooklyn, Keens Steakhouse, Barcade, The Cure at Madison Square Garden, Dead and Company at Citi Field, birthday p…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Esposito's closing, electronic recycling event, trip to Philadelphia, Adventure Aquarium, Citizens Bank Park, Monk's Cafe, Ed Sheeran at Kings Theatre, O'Keefe's Bar on Court Street, trip to Baltimore, National Aquarium, Camden Yards, Baltimore Light RailLink, I Get Wild shows, John and Peter's in New Hope, The Falcon i…

100! Topics: 100 episodes, The National at Bearsville Theatre, Tinker Street Tavern, Bread Alone, The Mud Club, Best Pizza in New Paltz, I Get Wild at Littlefield 3/10, The Zolephants, Oliver 10th birthday, Titanic party, out of town guests, Orphan Guitars, Black Gold, Bar Great Harry, Ruthie's, Barely Disfigured, Brooklyn Social, non-alcoholic bee…

99! Topics: I Get Wild upcoming shows at Littlefield (3/10) and John and Peter's New Hope (3/24), new Substack/newsletter, neighborhood report, Sal's closing, Salt's Cure opening, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, Metro North, Nick Paumgarten, Mardi Gras party at Mama Tried in Sunset Park, trip to Cincinnati, LaRosa's P…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Ban Be Bakery, Cafe Cotton Bean, Threes Brewing, new Barnes & Noble, Edward Hopper's New York at the Whitney, Titanic: The Exhibition, Stout on East 41st St, Red Hook Tavern, Dry Cleaning at Pioneer Works, La La Land by Guided By Voices, Seafaring Strangers: Private Yacht by Various Artists, Patter Theme by Patter, 12 b…

Topics: holiday parties, Peter McManus in Chelsea, Bear Cafe in Bearsville, Cucina in Woodstock, 2022 running stats, COVID, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Yo La Tengo Hanukkah at Bowery Ballroom, Mali Obamsawin, Leyenda, Travel Bar, Skippy in town, Jeff Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, My Life in the Sunshine by Nabil Ay…

Topics: days off, Bobbi's Italian Beef, Haven, The Dutch, Spring Lounge, Wingbar, L'Industrie Pizzeria, holiday parties, I Get Wild + Balthrop Alabama at Littlefield, Bonny Light Horseman + Cassandra Jenkins at Music Hall of Williamsburg, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus, n…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Wingbar on Smith Street, new smoke shops, Sociale, Shelsky's of Brooklyn, Black Gold, NYC Marathon, Election Day, Dhamaka, The Grand Delancey, ProductCon, S&P/Eisenberg's, Arturo's, 787 Coffee on East 10th Street, H-Mart on 2nd Avenue, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Suede + Manic Street Preachers at King's Theatre, Iso…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Poetica Coffee on Smith Street, Black Mountain Wine House, Villager on Classon Avenue, I Get Wild at Colony in Woodstock, The Mud Club in Woodstock, Greenpoint Loft, stoop hangs, Bonnie Prince Billy at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Halloween, Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip by Various Artists, Reason In Decli…

Topics: care package from British Columbia, Bee's Knees Provisions, Central Park, running, Ray Rizzo with Bridget St. John and Michael Shannon at Rockwood Music Hall, The National at Capitol Theatre, Pet Shop Boys and New Order at Madison Square Garden, Pavement and Horesegirl at Kings Theatre, trip to Baltimore, Camden Yards, trip to Ontario, high…

Topics: neighborhood report, stoop hangs, watering the school garden, Dolce Brooklyn, Nicky's Unisex, Roger Waters at Madison Square Garden, trip to New Haven, Old Heidelberg, Ordinary, Modern Apizza, Norwalk Cove Mini Golf, first day of school, Sunny's, Strong Rope Red Hook, Live at Gilley's by Kris Kristofferson, Eight Freedoms by New Freedom Sou…

Topics: Neighborhood report, Ruthie's, pizza at Lee's Tavern on Staten Island, F&F Pizza, Baby Luc's Pizza, Staten Island FunPark, Shipwrecked mini golf, Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Pier 17, Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels at Madison Square Garden, Jacob Riis Park/Rockaway Beach, Crown Heights Armory, Crown Heights Cafe, Bourbon…

Topics: Smith Street Pizza, trip to Rhode Island, Fox Farm Brewery, Little Narragansett Bay boat ride, illness in house, I Get Wild + Stuart Bogie at Littlefield 7/29/22, trip to Maine, Marlborough, MA hotel, Biddeford Mills Museum, Back Cove Trail, The Holy Donut, Crescent Beach, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Palace Playland, Bissell Brothers …

Topics: Neighborhood report, backyard hangs, 33 1/3 The National: Boxer at Rough Trade, City Island, 239 Play, Turtle Cove Mini Golf, Rockaway Beach, Flower + Martha's Vineyard Ferries at Mama Tried, David Lemieux, Dead and Company at Citi Field, out of town visitors, dehydration, Bar Bruno, Bar Great Harry, stoop hangs, F&F Pizza, Voice of Chunk b…

Topics: Dobbs, neighborhood report, backyard and stoop hangs, Oliver annual checkup, new Delta headhouse/terminal at LaGuardia, trip to Boulder, Dead and Company at Folsom Field, altitude effects, Uber/Lyft prices, last day of school, American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Woodstock, Saugerties Lighthouse, C'mon C'mon, The Kids in …

Topics: Trip to Philadelphia, Franklin Institute, Liberty Bell, Princeton, Princeton Record Exchange, Golden Touch, stoop visits, roof hangs, Fragole on Court Street, Walter's in Fort Greene, The History of Bones by John Lurie, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, 'Flicted by Bruce Hornsby, Harry's House by Harry Styles, Sitting Off the Edge of the World by …

Topics: Uvalde, friends in the hood, Threes Brewing, F&F Pizzeria, solo parenting weekend, stoop hangs, canceled I GET WILD shows, school fundraiser, Commonwealth, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, Palomino by Miranda Lambert, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar, This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby, Blood Orang…

Topics: Neighborhood report, recital, Black Forest Brooklyn, Tacos Casamigas, Alamo Drafthouse, Golden Touch Car Wash, Coney Island, The Cyclone, twenty-five years in NYC, Swift Hibernian Lounge, B Bar, Morningside Heights, Finback Brewery, WingBar, Kentucky Derby, (watch my moves) by Kurt Vile, A Bit Of Previous by Belle & Sebastian, WE by Arcade …

Topics: Liberty Science Center, Blue & Black on Court Street, Wilco at the United Palace Theater, Uptown Garrison, Le Cheile, West 181st Street, trip to Austin, running trails, Veracruz All Natural, Jo's Coffee, South Congress, pool party, The Meteor, Electric Six + Volk at the Continental Club, Guero's Taco Bar, Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, Laza…

Topics: Neighborhood report, COVID numbers, Commonwealth in Park Slope, Wingbar on Smith Street, Henry Public, out of town visitors, continued return to office, Rough Trade, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Savak at Littlefield, Bob Weir at Radio City Music Hall, Wet Leg by Wet Leg, Live In New York City February 8 1975 by Alan Braufman, Terror Twili…

Topics: I Get Wild shows at Littlefield and Colony, Balthrop Alabama, The Ukrainians, Lucky 13 Saloon, Kingston, Rough Draft Bar and Books, Rocket Number Nine Records, Woodstock Pub, Ultraam, Oliver birthday, return to office, Other Half Rockefeller Center, How Does One Begin by Mary Simich, It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads.…

Topics: Neighborhood report, masks in schools, The Shimmies play Mardi Gras at Threes Brewing, upcoming 3/5 I Get Wild show at Littlefield, Cincinnati trip, LGA terminal construction, Cincinnati vs Temple Men's Basketball game, Esoteric Brewing, Mt. Echo Park, Hyde Park, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Oakley, old Rolling Stone magazines, Resist by Midnig…

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, COVID numbers, East One Coffee, Baby Luc's Pizza, Super Bowl, Grippo's potato chips, new running shoes, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief, Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon, One Day by Cactus Blossoms, Pompeii by Cate le Bon, Time Skiffs by Animal Collective, Lighten Up by Erin Rae, Ants From Up The…

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, snowstorm, parking the car, The War On Drugs at Madison Square Garden, Cincinnati Bengals, Bar Great Harry, fire pit, COVID numbers, new position at work, Hell On Church Street by Punch Brothers, Covers by Cat Power, The Zealot Gene by Jethro Tull, Anais Mitchell by Anais Mitchell, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack by John …

Welcome to Episode 78! Topics: Cold weather running gear, neighborhood vibe report, COVID testing, new prescription sunglasses, Duo Plus Coffee, Measure Twice, Gian Piero Bakery in Astoria, Oliver doctor visit, Vineapple in Brooklyn Heights, stoop hangs, listening to CDs, Dawn FM by The Weeknd, Radio KAOS by Roger Waters, The Boy Named If by Elvis …

Welcome to Episode 77! Topics: Back to school, canceled shows, going away parties, Circa Brewing, holidays, trip to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill, Ben's Chili Bowl, Other Half DC, shoe lace shoes for Oliver, Federal Hill, Fell's Point, Hampden, Baltimore In A Box ice cream, Union Craft Brewing, stoop beers, Bar Great Harry, New Year's E…

Welcome to Episode 76! Topics: neighborhood report, friends in town, Hiss Golden Messenger at Webster Hall, McSorley's Ale House in the East Village, annual eye checkup, I GET WILD at with The Hold Steady at Brooklyn Bowl, Genesis at Madison Square Garden, Tom and Jerry's bar in Nolita, dentist visit, office visit, Bilt Bar in Prospect Heights, F&F…

Welcome to Episode 75! Topics: neighborhood report, Vekslers, Sociale, La Cigogne, Campbell Cheese and Grocery, Thanksgiving, Ashokan Reservoir, Inquiring Minds Books in Saugerties, Not Fade Away and Bread Alone in Woodstock, Michigan/Ohio State game, CityPoint NYC COVID hub, Barclays Center/Modells NYC pop-up, Wild East Brewing, 30 by Adele, The L…

Welcome to Episode 74! Topics: neighborhood report, CityPoint vaccine hub, NYC Marathon, Garden of the Ark practice, day off, F&F Pizza, Black Gold Brooklyn, cassettes, St. Gambrinus Beer Shoppe, Persian Style Lager by Back Home Beer, Pioneer V-7400 player, Bourbon Brothers meetup, Travel Bar, Things Take Time Take Time by Courtney Barnett, The Nea…

Welcome to Episode 73! Topics: cool weather, The Shimmies at B61/Alma, trip to Baltimore, B.C. Brewery in Hunt Valley, Cinghiale in Inner Harbor, Halloween, Election Day, child vaccinations, iPhone acquisition, I Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs, The Million Things That Never Happened by Billy Bragg, Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, Schill…

Welcome to Episode 72! Topics: fall vibes in the neighborhood, Queens County Farm Museum, iPhone backlog, L'Industrie Pizza in Williamsburg, Congress Bar, Pound Ridge, Virtual Dead Night, Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, Can't Slow Down by Michaelangelo Matos, In These Silent Days by Brandi Carlile, Carnegie Hall 1970 by Neil Young, Let It Be (Super …

Welcome to Episode 71! Topics: day off, autumn, coffee with Kara, flu shot, Bar Great Harry, two-a-day's, Liberty Science Center, The Wrens breakup, Queens by Aeon Station, Late Style by Wesley Stace, Springtime In New York by Bob Dylan, The Lost Concert by Miles Davis, Universal Process by Nelson Patton, Foundation on Apple TV+, Schumacher on Netf…

Welcome to Episode 70! Topics: Other Half on Centre Street, Woodbury Commons, West Saugerties, Woodstock, Bread Alone, Big Pink, running on Stoll Road, Woodstock Music Shop, Visit to Annie and Josh, Kingston, oil change, Bay Ridge, Coffee Rx, 9/11 anniversary, Red Hook Park, Astoria, Gian Piero Bakery, first day of school, Rememberings by Sinead O'…

Welcome to Episode 69! Topics: Carroll Gardens library reopening, neighborhood mask report, visit from Sam, visit from Laura, Clint Conner for mayor of Minneapolis, Boston, Fenway Park, visit to Karl, Hurricane Henri, Maine, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Portland, Old Orchard Beach, Biddeford, A Sky Record by Damon and Naomi, My City Of Starlin…

Welcome to Episode 68! Topics: Congrats to Chris, neighborhood mask report, Nate going away, Erin and Stefanie going away, Garden of the Ark hang, Lake George, tubing on the Hudson, Minne Ha-Ha boat ride, baja pullovers, mini golf, go-karts, Oliver camps, I GET WILD @ The Sultan Room, Scott D in town at Threes, Fulfillment by Alec MacGillis, Diary …

Welcome to Episode 67! Topics: Delta variant, neighborhood mask report, Terhune Orchards, Princeton Record Exchange, Baby Luc's Pizza, Westerly, Rhode Island, boating, Beer'd, Fox Farm Brewery, WTF James Murphy interview, Spiral by Darkside, Mayan Space Station by William Parker, Can't Slow Down by Michaelangelo Matos.…

Welcome to Episode 66! Topics: Live Aid, Jacob Riis beach, parks in Red Hook, Oliver learning how to ride a bike, TWA Hotel at JFK, school year ending, road trip to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, Putz's Creamy Whip, Cincinnati Art Museum, Metamodern Music, Madtree Brewing, Reds game at Great American Ballpark, birthday party, Pirates game at PNC Park, …

Welcome to Episode 65! Topics: neighborhood mask update, society reopening, I GET WILD at Littlefield 5/21/21, concert tickets on sale, City Island, Tacos El Bronco in Sunset Park, Afrique Victime by Mdor Moctar, Watchmen by Alan Moore, How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price, The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, upcoming…

Welcome to Episode 64! Topics: neighborhood mask report, CDC guidelines, schools, kid vaccinations, Bar Great Harry, running, longest run, Williamsburg Bridge, new TV, The Red Caboose, Superwolves, Endless Arcade by Teenage Fanclub, Tenet, The Mitchells vs. The Machines.Di Conrad Life Report

Welcome to Episode 63! Topics: Second vaccine shot, Denino's Pizza on Staten Island, I GET WILD upcoming 5/21 show at Littlefield, concerts returning, DEAD NIGHT 4/20 on Twitch, The Red Caboose in Midtown, Coney Island, Luna Park, The Cyclone, New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning, Course In Fable by Ryley Walker, Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast Skull and Roses …

Welcome to Episode 62! Topics: First vaccine shot, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, Koreatown, Holy Ground NYC, Leyenda, Other Half outdoor seating, DJEAD Night, West Saugerties, Big Pink, Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Roger Higley, Thoughts on the Dead, Green To Gold by the Antlers, A-Z of Phil Collins, Alan Cross…