DadWagon Presents: Loinfruit, Meltdowns, and Weeknight Drinking
Every month, DadWagon Presents brings three procreative writers to Pacific Standard to tell parenting tales that may make you laugh, will probably make you cringe with self-recognition, and will almost definitely send you to the bar for another pint. The next one is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, so leave the kids at home (please!) and come see:
• Benjamin Anastas is the author of the novels An Underachiever’s Diary and The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor’s Disappearance, which was a New York Times notable book. Other work has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Bookforum, and is forthcoming in The Best American Essays 2012. His memoir Too Good to Be True will be published in October and will cost his 5-year-old son a small fortune in future therapy.
• Brian Braiker, a former Newsweek and Rolling Stone staff writer, is a senior editor of Parenting magazine. He loves one of his daughters more than the other, but he’ll never tell which.
• David J. Rosen is the author of the novel I Just Want My Pants Back, as well as the creator and executive producer of the MTV series of the same name. He is also the author of the nonfiction book What’s That Job and How the Hell Do I Get It?, and his writing has appeared in publications like Esquire and The New York Times. Rosen lives in Brooklyn and has the stroller arms to prove it.
Again, the details:
Where: Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com)
When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22
Cost: Free!
Sponsor: “A little better than most blogs” is how Parents Magazine described DadWagon.com, three journalists’ attempt to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood in New York City. Those three are Nathan Thornburgh, a writer for Time and founder of RoadsandKingdoms.com; Theodore Ross, features editor at Men’s Journal and author of the forthcoming “Am I a Jew?”; and Matt Gross, a travel and food writer and the Times’ former Frugal Traveler columnist.
Contact: E-mail Matt Gross matt@dadwagon.com.
Previous speakers (listen to their talks podcast here and here):
• Peter Meehan, author of the Momofuku and Frankies cookbooks, former NYT “$25 & Under” columnist, and founder (with David Chang) of Lucky Peach magazine. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their daughter, Hazel.
• Jeff Yang, “Tao Jones” columnist at the Wall Street Journal, regular contributor to WNYC and PRI’s “The Takeaway,” and author of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (volume 2 to be released this fall). He lives four blocks away in Park Slope with his wife, Heather, and their awesome sons, Hudson and Skyler.
• Paul Ford, ftrain.com founder, former Harper’s Magazine editor, writer for New York, Slate, The Morning News, as well as the author of the novel Gary Benchley, Rock Star, and an all-around Internet-fame guru. He is lives in Ditmas Park (which he claims is much nicer than Park Slope) with his wife and twin babies.
• Donovan Hohn, prize-winning author of Moby-Duck and features editor at GQ, lives in the West Village with his wife and two kids.
• Gabe Soria, a music journalist and co-author (with Jessica Abel) of the graphic novel Life Sucks, has a 7-year-old boy who was kind of impressed when his dad introduced him to Dr. John.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
DadWagon Presents: Loinfruit, Meltdowns, and Weeknight Drinking
From the editors of DadWagon.com, a bloggy celebration of the foul-smelling joys of fatherhood, comes the second installment of our reading series featuring some of New York’s most entertaining dads. Every month, DadWagon Presents brings three procreative writers to Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com) to tell parenting tales that may make you laugh, will probably make you cringe with self-recognition, and will almost definitely send you to the bar for another pint. So, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, leave the kids at home (please!) and come see:
• Donovan Hohn, the prize-winning author of Moby-Duck and features editor at GQ, lives in the West Village with his wife and two kids.
• Brian Braiker, a former Newsweek and Rolling Stone staff writer, is a contributing editor at the Guardian US and Billboard magazine—and an amateur banjo player. He loves one of his daughters more than the other, but he'll never tell which.
• Gabe Soria, a music journalist and co-author (with Jessica Abel) of the graphic novel Life Sucks, has a 7-year-old boy who was kind of impressed when his dad introduced him to Dr. John.
Again, the details:
Where: Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com)
When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25
Cost: Free!
Sponsor: “A little better than most blogs” is how Parents Magazine described DadWagon.com, three journalists’ attempt to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood in New York City. Those three are Nathan Thornburgh, a writer for Time and founder of RoadsandKingdoms.com; Theodore Ross, features editor at Men’s Journal and author of the forthcoming “Am I a Jew?”; and Matt Gross, a travel and food writer and the Times’ former Frugal Traveler columnist.
Contact: E-mail Matt Gross <matt@dadwagon.com>
• Donovan Hohn, the prize-winning author of Moby-Duck and features editor at GQ, lives in the West Village with his wife and two kids.
• Brian Braiker, a former Newsweek and Rolling Stone staff writer, is a contributing editor at the Guardian US and Billboard magazine—and an amateur banjo player. He loves one of his daughters more than the other, but he'll never tell which.
• Gabe Soria, a music journalist and co-author (with Jessica Abel) of the graphic novel Life Sucks, has a 7-year-old boy who was kind of impressed when his dad introduced him to Dr. John.
Again, the details:
Where: Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com)
When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25
Cost: Free!
Sponsor: “A little better than most blogs” is how Parents Magazine described DadWagon.com, three journalists’ attempt to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood in New York City. Those three are Nathan Thornburgh, a writer for Time and founder of RoadsandKingdoms.com; Theodore Ross, features editor at Men’s Journal and author of the forthcoming “Am I a Jew?”; and Matt Gross, a travel and food writer and the Times’ former Frugal Traveler columnist.
Contact: E-mail Matt Gross <matt@dadwagon.com>
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Holodeck improv comedy June 27 at 8 pm!
A monthly show where all the comedy is made up on the premises. See some of the city's best indie improv teams perform their stuff. Hosted by the improv group Local Hero with this month's special guests Babyface, The Sheinfeld Family, and Bottom Gun.
Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.
Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi
Babyface are:
Michael Beberashvili
Brian Flynn
Sydney Harris
Ilana Meredith
Jordan Siegel
Ryan Stanisz
Ben Sumrall
Marti Zabell
The Sheinfeld Family are:
Sunita Deshpande
Katie Foster
Josh Luckenbach
Michael Romanos
Sam Taggart
Bottom Gun are:
Adam Bildersee
Aaron Gold
Claire Harris
Robert O'Neill
Christopher Toia
Lee Yanco
Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.
Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi
Babyface are:
Michael Beberashvili
Brian Flynn
Sydney Harris
Ilana Meredith
Jordan Siegel
Ryan Stanisz
Ben Sumrall
Marti Zabell
The Sheinfeld Family are:
Sunita Deshpande
Katie Foster
Josh Luckenbach
Michael Romanos
Sam Taggart
Bottom Gun are:
Adam Bildersee
Aaron Gold
Claire Harris
Robert O'Neill
Christopher Toia
Lee Yanco
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Varsity Letters reading Thursday at 7:30!
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, June 21, at 7:30 pm, at Pacific Standard, with a look at the most respected and detested organization in sports. Rob Fleder will be discussing the book Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team
, which he edited, along with Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin, who contributed a chapter, and Alex Belth of the blog Bronx Banter.
, which he edited, along with Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin, who contributed a chapter, and Alex Belth of the blog Bronx Banter.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
DadWagon Presents: Loinfruit, Meltdowns, and Weeknight Drinking.
From the editors of DadWagon.com, a bloggy celebration of the foul-smelling joys of fatherhood, comes a new monthly reading series featuring some of New York’s most entertaining dads. Every month starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, “DadWagon Presents” will bring three procreative writers to Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com) to tell parenting tales that may make you laugh, will probably make you cringe with self-recognition, and will almost definitely send you to the bar for another pint. So, leave the kids at home (please!) and come see our inaugural speakers:
• Peter Meehan, author of the Momofuku and Frankies cookbooks, former NYT “$25 & Under” columnist, and founder (with David Chang) of Lucky Peach magazine. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their daughter, Hazel.
• Jeff Yang, “Tao Jones” columnist at the Wall Street Journal, regular contributor to WNYC and PRI’s “The Takeaway,” and author of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (volume 2 to be released this fall). He lives four blocks away in Park Slope with his wife, Heather, and their awesome sons, Hudson and Skyler.
• Paul Ford, ftrain.com founder, former Harper’s Magazine editor, writer for New York, Slate, The Morning News, as well as the author of the novel Gary Benchley, Rock Star, and an all-around Internet-fame guru. He is lives in Ditmas Park (which he claims is much nicer than Park Slope) with his wife and twin babies.
Again, the details:
Where: Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com)
When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13
Cost: Free!
Sponsor: “A little better than most blogs” is how Parents Magazine described DadWagon.com, three journalists’ attempt to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood in New York City. Those three are Nathan Thornburgh, a writer for Time and founder of RoadsandKingdoms.com; Theodore Ross, features editor at Men’s Journal and author of the forthcoming “Am I a Jew?”; and Matt Gross, a travel and food writer and the Times’ former Frugal Traveler columnist.
• Peter Meehan, author of the Momofuku and Frankies cookbooks, former NYT “$25 & Under” columnist, and founder (with David Chang) of Lucky Peach magazine. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their daughter, Hazel.
• Jeff Yang, “Tao Jones” columnist at the Wall Street Journal, regular contributor to WNYC and PRI’s “The Takeaway,” and author of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (volume 2 to be released this fall). He lives four blocks away in Park Slope with his wife, Heather, and their awesome sons, Hudson and Skyler.
• Paul Ford, ftrain.com founder, former Harper’s Magazine editor, writer for New York, Slate, The Morning News, as well as the author of the novel Gary Benchley, Rock Star, and an all-around Internet-fame guru. He is lives in Ditmas Park (which he claims is much nicer than Park Slope) with his wife and twin babies.
Again, the details:
Where: Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951; pacificstandardbrooklyn.com)
When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13
Cost: Free!
Sponsor: “A little better than most blogs” is how Parents Magazine described DadWagon.com, three journalists’ attempt to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood in New York City. Those three are Nathan Thornburgh, a writer for Time and founder of RoadsandKingdoms.com; Theodore Ross, features editor at Men’s Journal and author of the forthcoming “Am I a Jew?”; and Matt Gross, a travel and food writer and the Times’ former Frugal Traveler columnist.
Holodeck improv comedy June 6 at 8 pm!
A monthly show where all the comedy is made up on the premises. See some of the city's best indie improv teams perform their stuff. Hosted by the improv group Local Hero with this month's special guests The Indicators, Not Smith, and with musical improv from Hollywood, Kansas.
Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.
Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi
Hollywood, Kansas are:
Evan Altshuler
Nikita Burdein
Allison Castellano
Jason Flowers
Katie Foster
Caryn Lewi
Curtis Retherford
The Indicators are:
Lindsey Carter
James Cronin
Matt Gifford
Rob Greene
James Isaac
Candace Lawrence
Alaine Livingston
Ben Owens
Not Smith are:
Matthew Bratnick
Allison Heim
Andrew Lee
Melinda Lin
Anna Mejorda
Casey McCormick
Ben Popken
Colleen Smith
Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.
Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi
Hollywood, Kansas are:
Evan Altshuler
Nikita Burdein
Allison Castellano
Jason Flowers
Katie Foster
Caryn Lewi
Curtis Retherford
The Indicators are:
Lindsey Carter
James Cronin
Matt Gifford
Rob Greene
James Isaac
Candace Lawrence
Alaine Livingston
Ben Owens
Not Smith are:
Matthew Bratnick
Allison Heim
Andrew Lee
Melinda Lin
Anna Mejorda
Casey McCormick
Ben Popken
Colleen Smith
Monday, May 7, 2012
May cocktail of the month!
Now that Rick Santorum has left a gaping, frothy hole in our hearts and our cocktail menu, we decided to hop on the bandwagon with everyone else and create a new cocktail for the rest of the campaign season: the Mint Rumney. It's mint, Rogue light rum (to prove that Mitt is as freewheeling and Tea Party-friendly as he says he is), grapefruit juice, and bitters, topped with a bit of Prosecco (to show you that Mitt is still a classy guy who won't offend the big money in the party). Come by and try one. You really have no other option.
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