GPOYW: The Damn, Where You Been? Edition. This is a photo of me drinking free coffee. It was taken by my friend Peter Beste, who is better known for his photos of scary black metal Norwegians and scary Houston gangsta rappers who pull guns on him. This image reminds me of those days when coffee was more about leisure than desperation. It also reminds me of the short-lived Balducci’s on 14th Street, which had the most free food of any New York supermarket ever. You could walk through the aisles in fifteen minutes, not buy anything, and walk out full. Maybe that’s why they closed.

So where have I been? Never you mind. I’ll be back shortly.