Word to the wise: All three films—Bleu (1993), Blanc (1994), et Rouge (1994)—of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Trois Colours Trilogy are currently streaming on Max. God-level stuff; even that much better than I remembered them.

Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine:

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Any time I hear Wayne play, it doesn’t even take a single bar—I know, instantly, that it is he who is playing. He is inimitable, idiosyncratic, instantly recognizable—a soul in flight, Zero Gravity. The one and only—“that’s Wayne!” This brilliant doc does a great job of…

Lunch at Gramercy Tavern on the weekend is unbeatable when in NYC. Unlike most other places in town, they do not dumb-down their lunch menu into a brunch menu on the weekend. Really amazing, sophisticated food and wine in a very fine but wholly unpretentious setting; and the way…

The best pic I took today. On the new bridge connecting the Manhattan West development (between Moynihan Train Hall and Hudson Yards) to the High Line.

Dante NYC

It’s a Joni kind of Saturday morning.

When you dig down deep
You lose good sleep
And it makes you
Heavy company
I will always love you
Hands alike
Magnet and iron
The souls

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The first part of the title to this book, taken from her song “California,” from her seminal album Blue (1971). “Will you take me as I am?” Isn’t that just the ultimate question? Who would ever want to change another’s essence? Of what good would ever come from that fruitless…

“Too late, but I understand. That we don't perish of understanding everything too late, that is a miracle. But we do perish of that—of just that.”

― Philip Roth, Sabbath's Theater