It is about 5ish on a weekday evening, a muggy one, very dark as I recall - right in the middle of winter.
And then — pretty quickly, I recall — she got right to the point.
In Márquez's Macondo, if I'm recalling right, ice was magical, no one was over 30 and residents went years without sleep.
"And as I recall, they did all right".
I recall that we sat right behind home plate, in a section filled with the stars of the day: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Pope Pius "Bojangles" XI; and Seabiscuit, fresh off his victory at Pimlico and now happily munching oats and signing autographs for fans.
If memory serves me right, I recall that the Independent, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, among others, felt that they were disadvantaged by the scale of Murdoch's company in the 1990s when he sought to wreck their businesses by launching a price war.
9.51pm: "Daniel [first name terms eh, Jeremy?] played right midfield, right winger if I recall correctly.
Stevens is the only one of that breed right now, as I recall.
I recall him visiting me in New Jersey right after my first son was born.
I recall, if my memory serves me right, George Kennan noting, in his published writings, how enthused he was that his eventually famous Long Telegram actually caught the attention of Washington, which had not been the case, he notes, with his previous messages.
My spouse wore hers on her right hand middle finger if I recall correctly.
