Sentence of Dave

So that's that . . . our beach vacation is over, and it's time to get back to the ol' routine: I'm fat from eating and drink...

My wife and I packed up our little pad in Ocean Grove this morning-- after another great beach day with friends on Friday-- and we drove bac...

We leave the beach tomorrow, and the reality of work is rearing its ugly head- but Catherine and I had a great Thursday night out: we went t...

This moment on the jetty at the dog beach in Asbury Park is probably the most epic and badass and commanding our pooch Lola has ever been de...

I thought I was going to return home today for the first time in over three weeks, to pick up Ian and bring him to the beach-- but he's ...

Next Tuesday is looming in the minds of teachers everywhere . . . first comes Labor Day Weekend, then comes labor-- but there's still so...

I am sure many of you-- as I do-- start your day by playing "Wordle," but "Wordle" needs a sister game, a game that come...

I am currently reading Tana French's murder mystery The Likeness -- which begins with Detective Cassie Maddox encountering a murder vict...

While my wife has driven back home a few times-- to tend her garden and do laundry and run some errands-- I have not left the beach in three...

Some notes on food and drink in the Asbury Park/Ocean Grove/Bradley Beach area: 1) the cheesesteak at the hipster sandwich joint The Speakea...

I'm proud to say-- mainly because of the lousy weather due to tropical storm Erin-- that, despite being on vacation, I knocked out anoth...

I surreptitiously took a bite of a cookie I discovered on the counter, assuming it was of the chocolate chip variety-- that's what it lo...

During our vacation, I thought we had encountered all the different beach warning flags: green, yellow, and red . . . but today Ocean Grove ...

It wasn't until I was 52 years old that I started to dig the pop fusion facility of Steely Dan, and now I am pleased to report that— in ...

There have been some good movies out lately: I like  Weapons--  the new Zach Cregger film (he also directed the horror flick Barbarians ) ev...

You don't want to go down this road with your wife: arguing about who is more argumentative (although the Bradley Beach bar crawl with t...

My new episode of We Defy Augury--  "Bungle in the Jungle, Salt Life at the Beach" -- is (loosely) inspired by the Charles Portis...

Yesterday, I went to play pickleball at Wardell Park-- it's a fifteen-minute drive from the beach and a well-organized, busy place, but ...

Yesterday, I was sitting on the beach with Stacey and my wife and I had to pee and I didin't feel like going in the water because it was...

Daniel Boorstin was worried about "pseudo-events" and manipulative imagery back in 1962 and expressed this in his classic treatise...