The other day at Carroll Park, before Jean, Sasha, and I headed over to Gowanus Yacht Club, Sasha was running around the little-kids section of the playground. There were steps to climb, a wooden bridge to cross, a bar to hang from, a slide to slide down. And as she made the circuit of these …
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Q&A: Fake Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. is basically the patron saint of DadWagon: an angry, confused, profane, and frequently hilarious father; divorced and bitter and elated; infuriated and smitten with his children; and prone to smoking pot with the neighbors instead of exercising or paying attention to the kids. Or at least, that’s what his character is like on …
The First Time I Got My Daughter Drunk (Maybe)
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and I wanted only one thing for the annual celebration of my successful attempt at procreation: to sleep late. And I did—till almost 8 a.m.! The rest of the day saw us meeting out-of-town friends for brunch, then a nap back home, and finally a trip to Carroll Park, where Sasha …
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Is Father’s Day Any Better in Korea?
In a couple more days, dads across America will be let down by the unutterable boringness of the holiday dedicated to their existence. But, I’ve often wondered, is this a universal truth, or just our national fucked-up-ed-ness? So, I asked my friend Joe McPherson, a father and proprietor of the estimable ZenKimchi.com, what Father’s Day …