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A Sunset Toast to Jimmy Buffett September 07, 2023
When I heard on Saturday that Jimmy Buffett had died, I wrote a condolence e-mail to his longtime friend Thomas McGuane, the novelist. McGuane, who is married to Buffett’s sister Laurie, was the go-between when I was trying to get Buffett to talk to ...
My Dinner With Jimmy Buffett September 07, 2023
I was in the middle of responding to my publisher’s edits of my forthcoming book when this site’s proprietor, having seen a few of my tweets on Buffett’s passing, reached out to me and asked me to do a reminiscence.Reader, I did not have time to writ...
Jimmy Buffett Found Paradise on Earth September 05, 2023
His job was just beach. His art, his science, his philosophy, his religion, his ethos, his billion-dollar brand: beach. Just beach. “No man is an island entire of itself,” wrote John Donne; “If we couldn’t laugh / We would all go insane,” sang Jimmy ...
Don’t Underestimate Jimmy Buffett’s Influence on Style September 04, 2023
Odds are the world of capital-F fashion never gave a moment’s thought to Jimmy Buffett, the bard of Margaritaville, who died on Friday at 76. Yet the truth is the undisputed king of easy-listening yacht rock probably exerted as much influence on styl...
I Went to Margaritaville in Times Square July 31, 2023
I keep a list of baby names on my phone for my future children. It’s filled with names I find charming but would undoubtedly get a child bullied, like “Thibedeau” or “Malachai.” But this week, I added a new, deceptively normal option to the roster: J...
