Threading the Needle with Richard Press
The 2000-Year-Old Man On 44th Street
Reading the newly released Mel Brooks book “All About Me” recalled my hysterical weeping years ago when hearing his LP record The 2,000-Year-Old Man, a multitude of comedy sketches he...
The 2000-Year-Old Man On 44th Street
Reading the newly released Mel Brooks book “All About Me” recalled my hysterical weeping years ago when hearing his LP record The 2,000-Year-Old Man, a multitude of comedy sketches he...
The Casualties of Casual
Cruising down memory lane my dissatisfaction with current menswear depiction brings to mind Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s oft quoted phrase, “Defining Deviancy Down,” however differential the sociology. Although I rarely comment...
The Casualties of Casual
Cruising down memory lane my dissatisfaction with current menswear depiction brings to mind Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s oft quoted phrase, “Defining Deviancy Down,” however differential the sociology. Although I rarely comment...
Home At The Yale Club
The pandemic has obviously complicated Manhattan lifestyle, affecting retail stores, restaurants, saloons and obviously contributing to the current demise of the NYC Princeton Club. The Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 29th,...
Home At The Yale Club
The pandemic has obviously complicated Manhattan lifestyle, affecting retail stores, restaurants, saloons and obviously contributing to the current demise of the NYC Princeton Club. The Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 29th,...
A Time For Tweed
You’ve got to be kidding. Dressing like Cary Grant in his tweedy professor mode? Mimicking George Bernard Shaw or Robert Frost in times past? Here’s my Tweed Saga recounted at...
A Time For Tweed
You’ve got to be kidding. Dressing like Cary Grant in his tweedy professor mode? Mimicking George Bernard Shaw or Robert Frost in times past? Here’s my Tweed Saga recounted at...
A Quasi-Official Yale Man
Two recent posts sent my way from J. Press fandom that I haven’t seen in ages. First and foremost, the enclosed pic of my dad, Paul Press, at his York Street headquarters circa...
A Quasi-Official Yale Man
Two recent posts sent my way from J. Press fandom that I haven’t seen in ages. First and foremost, the enclosed pic of my dad, Paul Press, at his York Street headquarters circa...
Lord Attlee Meets Dick Press
During my senior year at Dartmouth in the winter of 1959, there occurred an unlikely Scotch Whiskey joust with Lord Attlee, former Prime Minister of England. Clement Attlee memorably defeated Prime Minister Winston...
Lord Attlee Meets Dick Press
During my senior year at Dartmouth in the winter of 1959, there occurred an unlikely Scotch Whiskey joust with Lord Attlee, former Prime Minister of England. Clement Attlee memorably defeated Prime Minister Winston...