05.20.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: Shrimp enchiladas and a failed pub crawl The premise was a simple one, I thought. A group of old (and getting older) friends would meet for dinner at the grand reopening of Lucharitos, the trendy Tex-Mex...
04.25.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: Get ready, set, step! (for the hospital) This is to announce the periodic return, at least for the foreseeable future, of this column, along with the news that the former Joan Giger Walker and I hereby...
03.15.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: A fond farewell … at least for now A confession: I have not been ice boating even once this winter on either Great Pond or Hallocks Bay. And that’s because I’ve been on the North Fork for...
02.14.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: Ah, the synergy of food and wine Friday, Jan. 30, was an important date in the life of the North Fork. No, it wasn’t Groundhog Day, and it wasn’t the date of another Big Snow Storm....
02.01.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: You called that a blizzard, young’uns? You kids today have no idea how easy you have it. That, in a nugget, is the first thought that comes to mind as I contemplate “The Blizzard of...
01.17.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: So this is how you treat a scenic byway? This is an open letter to the person responsible for throwing empty Budweiser can after empty Budweiser can on the side of the otherwise pristine Narrow River Road in...
12.21.2014 Columns Gustavson Column: ESPN’s strong connections to our area One of these columns apparently begets another. At least that’s my conclusion after writing in this space two weeks ago about our Orient neighbor George Hossenlopp, who was in...
12.08.2014 Sports Gustavson Column: Once a Leopard, always a Leopard In another day and age, George Hossenlopp and I might’ve been college football teammates. Instead, in this day and age, we ended up neighbors. We’ve lived around the corner...
11.20.2014 Columns Gustavson column: Republicans are right on amnesty order It’s finally happened. After years of near-total philosophical compatibility, Barack and I finally find ourselves on opposite sides of an issue. Up until now, I have agreed with the...
11.09.2014 Columns Gustavson Column: Here’s hoping 70 is the new 69 When and how did this happen? When did we so-called baby boomers become Older Americans, coming up fast on age 70? Those are questions some male friends of a...