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Here is what I can show you from NYC Prom ’17. In the modern parlance it was “extra.”

Simone and Andrew got married and an amazing place in VT. We all went up right after G’s Graduation. The Wedding was, really, one of the funnest ever, Dancing, Dancing….. We also made the most of the lovely scenery. S&A will Join us in Greece for a week as a kind of extra honeymoon.

My first baby Georgia, graduated from Grace Church High School yesterday in a lovely and fittingly ornate ceremony in the Church. All of the kids were grinning ear to ear the whole time and purported themselves very well. The whole thing was much better that I recall my graduation being. Sara and I are very… Read more

I shot “Can You Hear Me Now” Paul, now with Sprint, yesterday with a new, to me, Radical director Amir. Amir was really nice, very reasonable, and generally made the whole thing very easy and pretty fun. He definitely made it funnier than it was on the page too. We were outside in 2017’s long… Read more

Ben and I went to Oklahoma City a few weeks ago to do a film for Tumi Luggage. They have a series of people discussing their “Perfect Journey.” We were lucky enough to have Russel Westbrook, basketball hero, as our subject. Russel was a mensch, we got to see a game with all sorts of… Read more

Hank and I went to Boston to shoot a short film for Kraft Mac and Cheese starring a writer named Melissa Mohr who wrote a book called Holy Shit, a Brief History of Swearing. Kraft is apparently encouraging Mom’s to cuss out their kids. The spot has gotten quite a bit of press, even in… Read more

My lovely daughter Georgia turned 18 today. She has an infectious smile and a fierce attitude. Sara and I are so proud of her. It seems crazy that 18 years have gone by, I can remember her first days so well.

John and Roberta have invited me to Winslow, AZ for many years to witness a sacred Hopi ceremony in a tiny village nearby. This year I finally motivated to go. Just before dawn the Crow Mother appears at the edge of the tiny village plaintively moaning and slowly rocking back and forth. Women from… Read more

“Queen of the Set” The Canadians I just got back from Mexico City ( I LOVE MEXICO CITY!!!!!) doing a Lime-A-Rita spot with the irrepressible Tricia Brock. This is a quote from the local AD- ” hope you’ve had a nice travel back Home. I just don’t want to miss the opportunity to tell you… Read more

My girls all went to DC to march but I had to come to LA to do a Stand Up to Cancer spot with Hank. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself to miss such a deep family event. Luckily I met up with Jeanne who invited me with her to march in LA. LA… Read more

Hank and I did a Corona spot with Jon Gruden, the youngest Super Bowl winning coach ever (39). Super bowl rings fascinate me in their totemic qualities in our culture. It was fun because we made a fake (ish) beach.

We went to Hacienda San Antonia in Colima, Mexico for the New Year with the extended Fam. The place was lovely. Right at the base of a volcano. You kind of just laid around, perfect.

Yet another chapter, late season early morning….. Always worth the effort

We planned to join Thea, Eric and their whole crew for their yearly family surf vacation in Nosara, Costa Rica, BUT I landed a last minute Verizon job with Geordie Stephens from Tool of North America. It was pretty mellow at first but ended up Nuking Lily’s Birthday, 11/18, and the first three days of… Read more

Sara, Ben, the kids, and I sat around assuming the best all night Tuesday then went to bed shocked and completely crushed. This protest helped a tiny bit. I just don’t want to have to look at or listen to that asshole at all, especially not for 4 whole years.

I just only realized the Director Jeff Nichols’s absolute genius when I saw his film Midnight Special. That one hooked me with it’s totally underplayed sci-fi magical realism. Loving is his new one and, like the last, is superbly acted which I always love. That said this guy, Jeff Nichols, makes such amazing choices on… Read more

I’m not sure how many years I have been fishing on Jamaica Bay, but for sure longer than my kids have been alive, and it never stops being great. Ok so maybe half the time you go out and sit in the boat and don’t catch a thing, BUT even those times you are immersed… Read more

Abraco, my choice for best coffee in NYC both taste and Vibe wise, has moved across the street to a larger spot. Somehow it has managed to be even more intimate and comfy than it was in the tiny original shoe box space. Another in the “good new days” category.

My friend Peter Hutton died in June and we attended his Funeral which was very sad. Last weekend there was the first, of what I imagine will be many, memorials for him at Bard College. Mark Street and Jenn Reeves, both former students of Peter’s (pink arrows) arranged the whole thing with, I imagine, lots… Read more

I spent a few days last week with Hank and Michael Krantz in ATL selling T-Mobile with a baseball star named Bryce Harper. Rumor on the set was that he was prepping to sign a contract for $750 Million dollars. I assumed that they meant $75 million because $750 million seems like the GDP of… Read more