The best seats in the house give the best view of the action, the secrets of the stage you can only observe from up close. Like the orchestra ring seats of a Broadway show, which allows a view of the pit while the rest of the house gets only the conductor’s wand. Or a seat by the dugout steps or courtside for the Knicks, where you’re so close it blurs the line between spectator and participant. Like these Knicks fans who sat so close they got put into the game. That sim

After graduating college, a roommate and I considered joining the military together, visiting both the Army and Navy recruiting centers to enquire about the commitment. Which even at that time were not my thing, explaining my accidental tourism through paint. Which, like serving in the military, can be a person’s destiny. So when the paint used at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, DC began to peel, I again felt called to service. To protect that s