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David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
I was over Christmas and Santa even before December 25 but nevertheless this beautiful story by @gauveyherbert got me. Too many great anecdotes and quotes to mention here you just have to read it. esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Close out the year with this magnificent long feature on the men under the Macy's Santa beards: esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
"For the first time in years, people were glad to see Billy. The kids’ smiles weren’t for him, exactly..."
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Well that's how you tell a story. Excellent read from @gauveyherbert
Bob Rutan is legendary among the tight-knit fraternity of Macy’s Santa Clauses. Like many of these men, playing Santa changed Bob. Profoundly. His story is one of struggle and failure, heartbreak and grace and—yes—the magic of Christmas. esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
"Bouncers and strip-club DJs. Tattoo artists and combat veterans with PTSD. Former addicts, fathers who’ve lost their children, husbands who’ve lost their wives. Men once lost but now found in the red suit." —@gauveyherbert for @esquire esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
This is a long, hard, beautiful article. 😭
Made me think of my dad who helped Santa back when the suits were hard to get. Eventually he grew his own beard. He loved giving toys away, loved making us kids happy. I miss him so much, love seeing his spirit.
Bob Rutan is legendary among the tight-knit fraternity of Macy’s Santa Clauses. Like many of these men, playing Santa changed Bob. Profoundly. His story is one of struggle and failure, heartbreak and grace and—yes—the magic of Christmas. esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Check out this week's SLR featuring @gauveyherbert, @jjvincent, @simonakam, @TimAlberta, @npenzenstadler, @joshlpeter11, @TimBontemps, @Baxter & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread.co…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
David Gauvey Herbert (@gauveyherbert) does some great shoe leather reporting to track down a series of men who played Santa Claus at Macy's famous Santaland in New York. Their stories are even more amazing than you could imagine. @JacobFeldman4's top pick esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
My latest for @esquire:
Bob Rutan is legendary among the tight-knit fraternity of Macy’s Santa Clauses. Like many of these men, playing Santa changed Bob. Profoundly. His story is one of struggle and failure, heartbreak and grace and—yes—the magic of Christmas. esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
i was glued to this story, which just KEEPS GOING AND GOING
total jaw-dropper, and it's not even over?? incredible work @gauveyherbert
possibly the craziest @gauveyherbert story ever and that's saying something
nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magaz…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
One of those rare stories where you go through a hundred different judgments of the subjects and end even more uncertain nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magaz…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
possibly the craziest @gauveyherbert story ever and that's saying something
nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magaz…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
"Schulmann’s rivals ran their dojos like regular businesses—a huge mistake, he says. In the martial-arts world, money flows from power, not the other way around."
@gauveyherbert for @Esquire: esquire.com/sports/a64452970…
INT. NJ EXPO CENTER — DAY
Grown men destroy each other on sparring mats.
Me (trying to impress): I’ve been taking classes. When do you stop feeling the pain?
Tiger (not impressed): You don’t. You just stop caring.
Me: [gulp]
My latest for @esquire esquire.com/sports/a64452970…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
“It was the Flint, Michigan of toxic masculinity." Another delicious yarn from @gauveyherbert.
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David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Tickets now on sale for the next edition of The Night Editor, an evening of lively discussion and storytelling, this time featuring The Apprentice screenwriter @gabrielsherman. 2/5 at 7 pm in Brooklyn, hosted by me and @gauveyherbert. Link in comments (+free wine!)
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Well, after five years editing and writing features and politics stories for Esquire, I, indeed, received my delayed calendar invite. Yesterday, I along with a couple other Hearst employees, was laid off from a job I loved and was very good at.
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
In this week's #LongreadsTop5:
-The exploitative methods of political campaigners.
-A profile of a python hunter.
-The dangerous sport of cheerleading.
-The demise, revival, and demise again of the fin whale.
-Not a fad: our love for movie theaters.
longreads.com/2024/10/25/the…
David Gauvey Herbert retweeted
Dang this @gauveyherbert story reads like Succession. nytimes.com/2024/10/22/magaz…
INT. OFFICE - DAY - A LONG TIME AGO
NBA DANCER: If you really want to write a story about cheerleading, google the name "Jeff Webb."
ME: Who's that?
Finally, my latest for @NYTmag
nytimes.com/2024/10/22/magaz…
