Fave Five
Stan Garfield, Douglas P KielWeekly Newsletter with Picks and Pics for Books, Restaurants, Music, Sports, & Humor and Biweekly Podcast Interviews with Friends, Family, and Colleagues
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 243 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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What We’re Watching
Welcome to my 208th newsletter. This issue includes our recent TV viewing choices, a classic satirical novella, clearing up the restaurant backlog, one of the best-selling musicians of all time, the ALCS MVP, and two kings of the world. I h...
Aegean Adventure
Welcome to my 207th newsletter. This issue includes ten highlights of our Greek Isles cruise, a novel about a New York divorcée, dining on and off our cruise ship, the leader of a recently revived alternative rock band, the star of the Brew...
Fave Five Podcast 35 - Peter Grunwerg
Recorded on February 6, 2026.
Links for this episode:
- 1970 Tenakin Yearbook
Video Version
Friendly Fifty-Fifth
Welcome to my 206th newsletter. This issue includes St. Louis friends who have been guests on my podcast, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest novel, restaurants we dined at on our trip to and from St. Louis, an Italian guitarist, the Tampa Bay pit...
Pure Prairie
Welcome to my 205th newsletter. This issue includes 21 Michigan favorites, a novel made into a film starring the late Robert Redford and Kristin Scott Thomas (currently in Slow Horses), a Greek chain restaurant, a band that started in 1970,...
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Knowledge Manager, author, speaker, community leader, and house concert host. Write about books, food, music, sports, and humor. Host a biweekly podcast. My bio is at https://sites.google.com/site/stangarfield/stangarfield%27sbio
Along the way leading to my medical research career, I met Stan and later reconnected at a high school reunion. Stan's podcast shares snippets of my journey. As John Lennon said, "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.."
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