Undergoing Renovations
This blog is temporarily out of service due to necessary renovations. In the meantime, please feel free to visit the archives City of Strangers will… Read More »Undergoing Renovations
Misc.
Haiti
I was going to write a series of blog posts commenting things happening around Brooklyn, but events in Haiti overshadow that. The earthquake has flattened… Read More »Haiti
Hattie Carthan Farmer’s Market
An organic market opened this summer in Bed-Stuy, behind the community garden on Marcy and Clifton Place. I’ve been going regularly when I’m in the… Read More »Hattie Carthan Farmer’s Market
Hunkered Down in the East Village
I’ve been down the last couple of weeks with the cold virus that seems to be sweeping the city. And what a virus – haven’t… Read More »Hunkered Down in the East Village
Elephant and Castle mall Pt. II
You wanted it . . . you got it. The most popular posting on this blog has nothing to do with Brooklyn Obama Art Culture… Read More »Elephant and Castle mall Pt. II
Photographs of the Recession
New York Times Photography special: Picturing The RecessionPicturing the Recession Readers and journalists from across the world send pictures detailing the impact of the recession.
The hidden character of NYC . . .
New York women, as every NY man knows, are difficult. If they have great poetry, vitality, curiousity, personality – an awful lot of them are… Read More »The hidden character of NYC . . .
Why Is Modern Life so Flipping Boring?
Walked into the coffee place in Fort Greene the other day. Weekend morning, around eleven. Two rows of people hunched over their laptops, a couple… Read More »Why Is Modern Life so Flipping Boring?
London From High Up
Friend sent me this: London from High Up, At night. Great shots of Trafalgar Square, the decidedly unlovely O2 Arena . . .
Where is New York At? Part 67
More cautious optimism . . . tainted by uncertainty. A sense now of momentum building up to the inauguration (coronation?) Tuesday. All up and down… Read More »Where is New York At? Part 67