A Random Assortment

~ A 4-part series by Pete Dexter on a 1982 heavyweight championship fight:

So in boxing, like anyplace else, gifts aren't everything, and the kind you give yourself are the ones that matter most, at least at this level.

~ I love Bill Cunningham.

~ Wow: the Sendak collection will be leaving one of my favorite museums, the Rosenbach (sorry--it's behind a paywall and I don't know how to get around it).

~ An Eliot family summer home for sale. We've been wanting a place in New England... (Via Hopkins.)