Chris Nordquist
Many years ago, when I was returning from a business trip to London, my luggage was loaded into the taxi, I got in, and we just sat there at the curb. After a while, I asked the driver why we weren’t leaving for the airport. He replied, embarrassed, “Oh, Sir, I’m so sorry. With all […]
“Is this your first trip to Marfa?” our landlord for the weekend asked. It was, we answered. “Well, I don’t think it’ll be your last.” I think she’s right. As soon as we learned that David’s brother Seth would marry his fiancee Lizzie in Marfa, Texas, David (always thinking ahead –small town, big wedding) jumped […]
Last Saturday in Southampton we had unexpected dinner guests. (Yes, it was a pleasant surprise.) The menu wasn’t a problem –I made grilled steaks with Chimichurri, one of my go-to last-minute dinners– but I didn’t really have anything for the table. While I was out in the garden snipping herbs to make a fresh batch […]
Last week Julia walked into our bedroom wearing a plastic kitchen funnel on her head and singing “Happy Birthday.” Two of her buddies have had their second birthdays in the last couple of weeks, hers is just around the corner, and she’s way into the concept. The party hats seem to have made a particularly […]
Simple, almost obvious. And yet I’d never seen it before. Last weekend our friends Visnja and Franck visited us in Southampton and brought gifts for Julia and for us. They didn’t attach gift cards or tags, but, under the wrapping, they wrote a message for the recipient directly on the box. (The seam in the […]
With our busy and shifting schedules, often one of us ends up flying with Julia alone. It can be a fun father-daughter adventure, but it’s also a fair amount of work, and the logistics of check-in, security and boarding with luggage, a stroller, carry-ons and a wiggly toddler in tow can be a trial. After […]
Yesterday Julia and I were at our place in San Francisco, having returned the night before from our second annual Easter weekend in Palm Springs. (My partner David had to return to New York Sunday night.) Last year we rented a great midcentury modern house, but this year we were guests of our friend Keith […]
When I was in college in the mid-1980s, I took a course in rural economics at an institute out in the country outside of Bangalore, India. It was a beautiful place. Our simple but comfortable quarters had private bathrooms, but no running hot water. Each morning, I would carry a large bucket to a central […]
Dressing a little girl is fun. She’s cute beyond belief, and, at 18 months old, still too young to object to our ideas about what she should wear, at least for a few more weeks. Shopping for a little girl isn’t easy, though, at least for these two men. There’s certainly a lot to choose […]
I remember watching old movies as a kid and being intrigued by the way some impossibly suave person –Cary Grant, Ray Miland or someone like that– glided over to his home bar and poured a drink from a glittering bottle of amber liquid –removing the stopper, pouring just a splash, replacing the stopper. It seemed […]
