reminisce

[ rem-uh-nis ]

/ ˌrɛm əˈnɪs /

to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.

Origin of reminisce

First recorded in 1820–30; back formation from reminiscence

remember, recollect, muse.

Don spends an afternoon with Joan, test-driving a Jaguar and drinking together in a bar, reminiscing about the past.

‘Mad Men’ Returns: A Recap of Season Five |Jace Lacob |April 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Reminiscing on life in his hometown, Hemon writes, “physically and metaphysically, I was placed.”

Michael Hainey and Aleksandar Hemon’s Chicago Dreams |Chris Wallace |March 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Or reminiscing about events he could not possibly have witnessed.

What Newt Gingrich Can Teach Obama, and America, About Romney |Matt Latimer |October 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The film opens with Pi (Irrfan Khan), a grown man, reminiscing to a novelist (Rafe Spall) about his childhood.

Is Ang Lee’s Visually Breathtaking Life of Pi This Year’s Slumdog Millionaire? |Marlow Stern |September 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Hushed, melancholic vocals disrupt the hypnotic interlude, reminiscing on a past love.

Gotye on His Viral Hit ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ |Marlow Stern |March 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They know some of the same people at home and spent an hour reminiscing after dinner.

The Four Corners Abroad |Amy Ella Blanchard
But thinking, dreaming, reminiscing would not bring it all back for there was only one answer to still the longing: work.

The Ultimate Experiment |Thornton DeKy
For a long time afterwards she sat dreaming, reminiscing in sweet fancy every word and smile Theodore had given her.

Rose O'Paradise |Grace Miller White
On my own part, I was only reminiscing upon the travels of this old tea set.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson
A school friend, reminiscing about Humphrey, told of a walk several of them took one hot day.

Historic Inventions |Rupert S. Holland

reminisce

/ (ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs) /

(intr) to talk or write about old times, past experiences, etc