Conrad Life Report

Topics: Neighborhood report, Caputo's Bake Shop closing, Dad Rock game release, hanging out with Jonathan Richman, Jalopy Theatre gala, Yo La Tengo at Parish Hall at St. Ann's, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings 'Acoustic Reckoning' at the Capitol Theatre, Scooter Clifton at Littlefield, trip to Paris and Toulouse, Eiffel Tower, Paris metro, Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget, Aeroscopia mu...

Topics: Bowling, Melody Lanes, Madison Bowl, Midtown Bowl, trip to Cincinnati, St. Francis Apizza, TWA Hotel, trip to Atlanta, Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Delta Flight Museum, The Varsity, hotel bars, Silicon Alley 30 'party,' Wall Street Hotel bar, Fresh Salt, Brooklyn Social, Bob Weir.

Topics: Neighborhood Report, new Court Street traffic flow, Big Tiny, Poetica Coffee, As For The Future at The Good Fork, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Queens Museum, Panorama of the City of New York, planespotting, Planeview Park, Hermon MacNeil Park, Paulie Gee's Slice Shop in Greenpoint, Andrew Bellucci's Pizza in Astoria, Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet at Littlefield, DJEAD NIGHT at Threes...

Topics: Neighborhood report, plane spotting, Planeview Park, LaGuardia Landing Lights, Hermon MacNeil Park, The Mounds, Idlewild Kayak Launch, North Woodmere Park, L&B Spumoni Gardens, Chrissy's Pizza, Andrew Bellucci's Pizza, Eric Bachmann in Chad's basement, Kimchee Kooks Kate's Kitchen, block party honky tonk stoop jams, Chappell Roan at Forest Hills Stadium.

Topics: Neighborhood report, trip to Korea.

Topics: Summertime, stoops hangs, roofs, backyards, beaches, pizza, L&B Spumoni Gardens, Brooklyn DOP Pizza, Rome to Brooklyn Pizza, Modern Apizza, Gui Steakhouse, Coney Island, Mr. Beet, Yerba Buena, Brooklyn Social, Dolce Brooklyn, tape night at Bar Great Harry, It's All Gonna Break at Nitehawk Cinema, The Invisible Dog on Bergen Street, 2A, Wussy at the Mercury Lounge, No Kings protest in Manha...

Topics: Neighborhood report, warmer weather, stoop hangs, Gowanus Yacht Club, running, Coney Island, Junior's Restaurant, Talea Brewing, the Red Caboose, Brado Pizza, Joe + Pat Pizzeria, Staten Island Railway, trip to Cincinnati, Reds vs Pirates, Badges Drum Shop, Cabinet of Wonders at City Winery, I Get Wild + Moral Kiosk at Littlefield, The Colorado Kid by Stephen King.

Topics: lost wedding ring, new subway map, The Airplane Shop in Fairfield, NJ, Colombo's Pharmacy in Middle Village, Queens, Oliver's first visit to Madison Square Garden, Knicks vs. Wizards, walks in Prospect Park and Central Park, subway adventures, New World Mall food court in Flushing, new open gangway G train cars, Great Jones Distilling, Rossi's Lounge, Insa, IT Adventures Ropes Course/Jorda...

Topics: Toxic 2025 cont., Saturn Road, Record Shop, Cafe Volkan, Brooklyn Strategist, Bar Great Harry, Viva Mexico Tire Shop, Union Pizza Works, Relix Magazine 50th at Brooklyn Bowl, Taper's Choice, I Get Wild at Brooklyn Made, ENO, Burns Night, subway adventures, Boston, Pino's Pizza in Brookline, Green Line T, Stuart Murdoch at the Bell House, Dog Man.

Topics: social media, toxic 2025, optimism, trip to Hawaii, Zippy's, Hungry Ear Records, Kailua, Ko Olina, Yanagi Sushi, Million Restaurant, Ala Moana, Windward Mall, freeways, HNL airport gardens, Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom, New Year's Eve, A Complete Unknown.

Topics: Holiday season in New York City, visiting old haunts, Old Town Bar, Barcade, Tom and Jerry's, Jimmy's Corner, The Quays, Floyd, neighborhood closures, subway adventures, Holiday Nostalgia train, Mark Guiliana at Village Vanguard, Johnny Marr + JAMES at Brooklyn Paramount, Iron Maiden at Barclays Center, Stuart Bogie and Buck McDaniel at Church of Our Saviour, SML at Public Records, Thinkin...

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 Rosenstock at Warsaw, Hamburger America, trip to Maine,...

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 St. Catharines/Niagara Falls, Beechwood Doughnuts,...

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 Helm Studios, Pixies and Modest Mouse at Forest Hills...

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 Lethem, My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee, Sonic Life by Th...

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 Rope by Sleater-Kinney, Hometown to Come by Minwhe...

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 Good Fork Pub, I Get Wild shows at Reservoir Studio...

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 Madison Square Garden, I Get Wild at the Falcon in...

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 with Eric Dolphy, The Ballad of Darren by Blur, Wels...

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 party, Tears For Fears at Madison Square Garden, la...

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 in Marlboro, Dream House Quartet at Town Hall, The...

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 beer, 1973 Dead, Essays 1 by Lydia Davis, Screaming o...

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 Pizza, Hyde Park hangs, Voice of America Museum, Na...

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 by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Prize by Rozi Plain, Complete...