Your moment of "New York sucks now"
A flickr set from our friends at The Occasional Fag. I recommend viewing it on flickr for the captions....
Posted Monday April 21, 2008 at 11:52 PM | Full Post
Brooklyn Museum to honor Bruce "eminent domain" Ratner
Develop Don't Destroy is encouraging people to show up at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, April 3rd, 6:30-8:30pm to...
Posted Wednesday April 2, 2008 at 3:28 PM | Full Post
475 Kent yesterday
James and I were at 475 Kent yesterday with others at a protest / vigil as the tenants removed...
Posted Monday January 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM | Full Post
3 short videos from Parade Without a Permit 2
September 29, 2007 Click To Play Click To Play Click To Play Visit James for more information....
Posted Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 8:04 PM | Full Post
We used to call that garbage
When I took yesterday's photo, many people on 23rd Street were waiting to be allowed to go east while the...
Posted Thursday September 20, 2007 at 12:12 PM | Full Post
Mystery submarine in East River
It appears to me that this is another Duke Riley "event". See my earlier post for more information and compare...
Posted Friday August 3, 2007 at 2:04 PM | Full Post
Luka may have lived on my block?
From today's New York Times article on Suzanne Vega: TWENTY years have passed since a 27-year-old waif with wide-set blue...
Posted Sunday July 15, 2007 at 6:27 PM | Full Post
Paying customers only
James has a post on a proposal from The Mayor's Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting to make it harder...
Posted Friday June 29, 2007 at 9:15 PM | Full Post
This does not seems like a recipe for a good police department
Smaller NYPD class raises fears, AM New York (emphasis mine below) Researchers and city officials Wednesday wondered if an increasingly...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 12:24 PM | Full Post
Art dealers as real estate developers
Apparently, Jack Shainman isn't the only art dealer involved in real estate these days. Check out the website for The...
Posted Monday June 25, 2007 at 12:59 PM | Full Post
While on the subject of parade permits
For those of you following along, I'm wondering if the powers that be are realizing that appearing to be hostile...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 12:40 PM | Full Post
NYPD: in charge of your liberties
Am I the only one who finds it odd that the New York Police Department is in charge of deciding...
Posted Sunday June 17, 2007 at 11:03 AM | Full Post
Breaking news - Bard Family forced out at the Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea Blog reports that the Bard family has been forced out of their management role. The family has...
Posted Saturday June 16, 2007 at 6:39 PM | Full Post
Williamsburg Giglio
The Dancing of the Giglio will take place this year on July 8th and 15th. Here is a link...
Posted Saturday June 9, 2007 at 7:42 PM | Full Post
Union uses YouTube against J.P. Morgan Chase
This is an interesting use of YouTube. Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ is trying to organize security workers...
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 at 4:58 PM | Full Post
Parade without a permit
Care about your first amendment rights? Today is a good day to show it at 4PM at City Hall. James...
Posted Thursday April 19, 2007 at 1:14 PM | Full Post
Spotted in the subway station near PS1
Posted Saturday March 17, 2007 at 8:54 PM | Full Post
Icky fundraising from the Central Park Conservancy
I received a fundraising letter from the Central Park Conservancy (the people that raise money to maintain Central Park since...
Posted Tuesday February 27, 2007 at 2:01 PM | Full Post
Those owners of expensive Trump Tower apartments must be proud
When I wrote about Gucci and Trump, and the resulting diminishment of Gucci's brand, it hadn't even occurred to...
Posted Tuesday February 6, 2007 at 4:38 PM | Full Post
Life under occupation
Spotted on 27th Street in Chelsea...
Posted Tuesday January 23, 2007 at 9:34 PM | Full Post
New loan fund for arts organizations
Again from newyorkbusiness.com... NYC Investment Fund offers arts loans The New York City Investment Fund, an affiliate of the Partnership...
Posted Monday January 22, 2007 at 5:03 PM | Full Post
Nothing says happy new year like...
having one's windows rattled by NYPD helicopters. Perhaps they should spend some of those fuel dollars on giving the NYPD...
Posted Monday January 1, 2007 at 1:00 AM | Full Post
Wait, we'll come up with a reason soon
"concrete liberty hurdles" at Madison Square Garden August 31, 2004 photo by James Wagner From today's New York Times:...
Posted Wednesday December 13, 2006 at 1:08 PM | Full Post
Body on the platform
James and I went to a couple of openings last night at Apex and KS Art before seeing Adam Bock's...
Posted Thursday October 19, 2006 at 3:37 PM | Full Post
One of the many stupid things I've seen lately
My thanks to fellow flickr Chelsea Pool member musiquegirl for the photos. Now we're using traffic signs and huge amounts...
Posted Friday October 6, 2006 at 12:36 AM | Full Post
Vinegar Hill slideshow
James and I walked around DUMBO and Vinegar Hill today. In addition to seeing some great buildings, we also...
Posted Sunday September 17, 2006 at 9:57 PM | Full Post
What is this crosswalk of which you speak?
A big percentage of NYPD officers live outside of the city. They probably don't know why it matters when...
Posted Thursday September 14, 2006 at 1:44 PM | Full Post
Ugly dog run vs. nice fountain
These two photos represent the center points of the two halves of Stuyvesant Park Our late friend Rex Wasserman was...
Posted Sunday September 3, 2006 at 10:55 PM | Full Post
I hope I like it better than "The Gates"
From Crain's NY: A major public art project will be unveiled in January as part of the mayor's plan to...
Posted Tuesday July 25, 2006 at 3:57 PM | Full Post
More on economics and emerging artists in NYC
No, I'm not dead. Just slowed down by the weather (except today) and a huge number of projects. As a...
Posted Thursday July 6, 2006 at 3:49 PM | Full Post
27th Street, Chelsea
Posted Friday June 30, 2006 at 2:37 PM | Full Post
Williamsburg's Galapagos to lobby for aid for emerging artists
When I first came to New York in 1989, I found it hard to believe that artists -- whether visual...
Posted Thursday June 22, 2006 at 12:23 PM | Full Post
Roebling Hall is closing its Williamsburg location
Gustavo Artigas, Rules of the Game, 2000-2001, video still I think this has already been mentioned on Artnet, but...
Posted Friday June 2, 2006 at 11:18 PM | Full Post
Update on slashed terror funding
I didn't get around to adding these two things yesterday to my previous post. First, the excellent New York Post...
Posted Friday June 2, 2006 at 10:39 AM | Full Post
Working with Republicans is suicidal for New York
I often see arguments that New York needs to work with the GOP, since they control all three branches of...
Posted Thursday June 1, 2006 at 12:21 PM | Full Post
Plan B re-opening covered by Crain's New York
The story is here....
Posted Monday May 22, 2006 at 2:19 PM | Full Post
Sounds like a culture war
"Sounds like a culture war" was James's reaction when I told him about the New York Daily News editorial on...
Posted Sunday May 21, 2006 at 9:25 PM | Full Post
Jean Rohe's graduation speech
Jean Rohe was the speaker at the New School graduation before John McCain. Many of the students were understandably...
Posted Saturday May 20, 2006 at 8:04 PM | Full Post
Village Independent Democrats endorse Hilary's primary rival
The Villager has an article on the endorsement of Jonathan Tasini, who is running against Hilary Clinton for the...
Posted Friday May 19, 2006 at 12:12 PM | Full Post
Revolocity: The Bicycle Ball
James Wagner, Critical Mass on 23rd Street Tomorrow Saturday night there is a party / fundraiser for cyclist legal...
Posted Thursday May 18, 2006 at 5:33 PM | Full Post
Manhattan User's Guide recommends ArtCal
Check it out....
Posted Wednesday May 17, 2006 at 11:05 AM | Full Post
Brooklyn College MFA to re-open on May 24th
The Brooklyn College show will have a re-opening on May 24th from 6-9PM at 70 Washington Street in DUMBO. James...
Posted Saturday May 13, 2006 at 1:53 PM | Full Post
New York Times working on a NY politics blog
Liza Sabater of CultureKitchen and Daily Gotham, was checking out her stats when she noticed a link from...
Posted Wednesday May 10, 2006 at 1:07 PM | Full Post
On the MTA's attempted murder of Williamsburg's gallery scene
image source I don't normally recommend reading the New York Sun, but my friend Madge the Manicurist sent me...
Posted Wednesday March 15, 2006 at 7:57 PM | Full Post
A reason to move to Brooklyn - Parrots!
Via the indispensable Brooklyn Parrots, I found this Flickr photo stream of wild parrots in a Brooklyn backyard. It...
Posted Monday January 9, 2006 at 6:07 PM | Full Post
My favorite blog for commentary on the MTA strike
[Disclaimer: this post is a bit of a mess and I keep revising it to try to say what I...
Posted Thursday December 22, 2005 at 10:13 AM | Full Post
Brooklyn Parrots - Master Builders
Check out this amazing photo essay from the Brooklyn Parrots site. [photo from BrooklynParrots.com]...
Posted Wednesday December 14, 2005 at 6:13 PM | Full Post
LMDC gives Drawing Center $10 million
That's a lot of money! After losing their space at the (theoretically to be built someday) World Trade Center site,...
Posted Thursday November 10, 2005 at 4:06 PM | Full Post
Top of the Rock
Today James and I, along with our friend Dan, visited the Top of the Rock, otherwise know as the top...
Posted Sunday November 6, 2005 at 7:38 PM | Full Post
In case you are mistakenly considering a vote for Bloomberg
... remind yourself that Cindy Sheehan managed to visit 21 states and over 50 cities and towns before being threatened...
Posted Thursday September 22, 2005 at 11:52 AM | Full Post
Mundo Cafe & Restaurant - Astoria
James will probably write about our visit to Queens today to see the rest of Greater New York, plus Sport...
Posted Sunday August 7, 2005 at 11:21 PM | Full Post
Kissinger is lobbying for the NYC Olympics
I found it sad, knowing that people like Muhammad Ali are there, to read that people went wild over Hillary...
Posted Tuesday July 5, 2005 at 8:13 PM | Full Post
Just a subway ride away
Front of Morris-Jumel Mansion View of Sylvan Terrace from the front yard of the mansion We took the C...
Posted Monday June 20, 2005 at 12:59 PM | Full Post
What they're doing with our tax dollars
Closed token booth [source] As I'm sure my readers have noticed, I rarely post about politics anymore. I'm too...
Posted Thursday June 16, 2005 at 5:39 PM | Full Post
Jury blogging
They have WiFi in the jury rooms, for $9/day. I already had my PowerBook set up as a development machine,...
Posted Thursday January 6, 2005 at 1:58 PM | Full Post
Tough old ladies at the library
I took a two-page printed list of the books from my Amazon wish list with me to my local library...
Posted Tuesday January 4, 2005 at 5:53 PM | Full Post
Firstop - Williamsburg Design Weekend 3
I can't find much about this other than this page from firstop. Doesn't anyone bother to update web pages anymore?...
Posted Sunday September 26, 2004 at 11:22 PM | Full Post
Heard on 23rd Street
Two young suits, probably Wall Streeters, walking down my street. One points behind him at the Hotel Chelsea. Chelsea Hotel?...
Posted Thursday September 16, 2004 at 12:32 PM | Full Post
Rounding up journalists
Bloomberg says: You can't arrest 1,800 people without having somebody in the middle who shouldn't have been arrested. That's what...
Posted Wednesday September 8, 2004 at 1:26 PM | Full Post
Another arrest account
Via Tom Tomorrow. It's not him, it's a female protestor, for those confused by jumping right to his post....
Posted Monday September 6, 2004 at 11:07 AM | Full Post
Account of a Critical Mass rider
Christopher Ryan sent me a link to his account of being arrested during Critical Mass. While I cringed a bit...
Posted Sunday September 5, 2004 at 1:41 PM | Full Post
Good August 29 photos from the GLAMericans
We love the GLAMericans, and marched with them in one of the anti-war demos in early 2003. Here is...
Posted Saturday September 4, 2004 at 3:16 PM | Full Post
T-Mobile blocked TXTmob messages during a portion of the RNC
From Smart Mobs, via Eyebeam reBlog, currently guest-edited by Tom Moody. I like Tom's editor's comment at the end: [Speaking...
Posted Saturday September 4, 2004 at 2:20 PM | Full Post
Celebrating the end of the RNC
Last night we went to The Tank to drink liberally with bloggers and others. We shook the hand of Markos...
Posted Friday September 3, 2004 at 11:55 PM | Full Post
Jon Winkleman's 44 hours in jail
His account....
Posted Friday September 3, 2004 at 6:20 PM | Full Post
Bloomberg: Protestors = terrorists?
Fuck the election. How do we impeach him? From the NY Times: "It is true that a handful of people...
Posted Friday September 3, 2004 at 1:58 PM | Full Post
New August 29 Photos
Todd Gibson, of From the Floor fame, sent me some of his photos from the August 29 anti-GOP march. Here...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 7:20 PM | Full Post
Guantanamo on the Hudson
The New York Press isn't exactly a left-wing paper, but here is what they have to say about the barbed...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 6:26 PM | Full Post
Young GOPer kicking an activist on the floor
Tom Tomorrow provides us with a link to a non-mac friendly video from local ABC affiliate of a young GOPer...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 5:44 PM | Full Post
Antidote for the "they're all white trust fund kids" meme
AIDS activists protest in New York's Grand Central Station Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, on the final day of the...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 12:12 PM | Full Post
Not Godwin's Law
Wietold Riedel is well aware of the history of the part of the world where he was born. Read tonight's...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 12:21 AM | Full Post
Phrase of the day
Scooter Goons. Also, can someone explain why I still have helicopters flying low over my apartment building at 23rd and...
Posted Thursday September 2, 2004 at 12:10 AM | Full Post
Antidote for the "they attacked a policeman on a scooter" people
The NY Daily News, not exactly a left-wing paper -- they talk about Bush's hard-knuckled approach after 9/11 rather than...
Posted Wednesday September 1, 2004 at 11:04 PM | Full Post
A beautiful protest from Fernando Suarez del Solar
I can't find a better description of this, so I'm stretching fair use a bit to give you the whole...
Posted Wednesday September 1, 2004 at 8:21 PM | Full Post
ACT UP interrupts Andrew Card speech at convention
I bet the security people are embarrassed... AP story with video. Watch ACT UP's site for further updates. It should...
Posted Wednesday September 1, 2004 at 2:38 PM | Full Post
Speaking of the First Amendment...
Speaking of the First Amendment, Newsday says the police are losing it. A woman was arrested for holding a sign...
Posted Wednesday September 1, 2004 at 12:19 AM | Full Post
Reverend Billy and the Church of the First Amendment Mob
I'm pleasantly surprised by the New York Magazine weblog's coverage of the RNC protests. Here is their coverage of Reverend...
Posted Tuesday August 31, 2004 at 11:48 PM | Full Post
Police presence even on lower 9th Avenue
Wow. We're not going to be able to afford anything but cops in NYC after this week. There are 3-6...
Posted Tuesday August 31, 2004 at 8:51 PM | Full Post
Arrested in Iraq, Arrested in NYC
From Newsday: Newsday photographer Moises Saman - who spent eight days in an Iraqi prison in 2003 - was taken...
Posted Monday August 30, 2004 at 12:47 PM | Full Post
Anti-GOP March photos
I only took one, as I was generally holding the sign which said on one side: and on the...
Posted Sunday August 29, 2004 at 8:16 PM | Full Post
Times Square - for RNC delegates only
I'm listening to anoise.org right now. The police have cleared the Times Square area of all pedestrians so that the...
Posted Sunday August 29, 2004 at 6:41 PM | Full Post
Gothamist Gazette convention blog
Gothamist Gazette has a group blog covering the invasion/convention, with the writers including our friend Jon Winkleman....
Posted Sunday August 29, 2004 at 10:47 AM | Full Post
Reproductive Rights March
Here are more photos of our march across the Brooklyn Bridge today. Here is the post James did, with...
Posted Saturday August 28, 2004 at 5:08 PM | Full Post
Naked ACT UP protesters at MSG
From NY1 - there's a video too. The police waited 15 minutes before arresting them. Interesting. A dozen AIDS...
Posted Thursday August 26, 2004 at 2:38 PM | Full Post
Hastert says New York was too greedy after 9/11
House Speaker Dennis Hastert at Ground Zero in '01 with Rudy Giuliani and Gov. Pataki. AP Dennis Hastert, Speaker...
Posted Thursday August 26, 2004 at 12:19 PM | Full Post
NYC.Metroblogging
Gothamist has become so damn annoying (e.g. this) that I'm hoping Sean's NYC.Metroblogging site can become the NYC-oriented site we...
Posted Wednesday August 25, 2004 at 1:58 PM | Full Post
Rooftop banners in Brooklyn
I love this story. I heard about it on the radio yesterday. Bright blue tarps, painted with glaring yellow letters,...
Posted Wednesday August 25, 2004 at 11:06 AM | Full Post
The First Amendment only applies to the NYPD and NYFD
The NYC police and firefighters don't have to worry about barricades, or someone telling them when and where they are...
Posted Monday August 23, 2004 at 8:55 PM | Full Post
Rick Santorum's priorities
Senator Rick Santorum on the anti-gay marriage amendment: "I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the...
Posted Wednesday July 14, 2004 at 6:34 PM | Full Post
Manhattan Ecosystem
Thomas Locke Hobbs manages to snap a photo of a hawk with its pigeon prey....
Posted Wednesday May 5, 2004 at 3:35 PM | Full Post
The malling of NYC continues
From Crain's: Ian Schrager's Paramount Hotel, at 245 W. 46th St., will be bought by the Hard Rock Hotel chain...
Posted Monday April 12, 2004 at 3:54 PM | Full Post
RIP Keith Cylar
Keith Cylar, co-founder of Housing Works, has died. I have never known of an organization that started out as a...
Posted Wednesday April 7, 2004 at 5:08 PM | Full Post
Happy Tartan Day from Chelsea
Spotted on Eighth Avenue today. Happy Tartan Day!...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post
More on our subway adventure
Ray Sanchez has a column in today's Newsday on our little subway adventure. I think it's quite good. I never...
Posted Monday March 8, 2004 at 11:37 AM | Full Post
Our unexcellent subway adventure
photo from James James and I had an adventure yesterday in the subway - he has a more detailed...
Posted Monday March 1, 2004 at 12:28 PM | Full Post
My favorite NYC restaurants - Manhattan
My friend Lisa will be visiting Gotham with her mother and sister soon, and since I volunteered to make some...
Posted Tuesday February 17, 2004 at 10:08 PM | Full Post
Apartment
I know of an apartment in Washingon Heights (161st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam) for $1200/month. One bedroom floor-through. Email...
Posted Monday January 26, 2004 at 12:39 AM | Full Post
My goodness, honey...
what are those young men doing? Spotted in an article on CNN about New York tourism returning to pre-9/11 levels:...
Posted Saturday December 13, 2003 at 6:36 PM | Full Post
Last weekend in LIC
Last Sunday we went walking around LIC - to see the Socrates Sculpture Park and catch a bit of the...
Posted Saturday September 6, 2003 at 12:50 PM | Full Post
The suburbanization of Chelsea/Flatiron continues
It's not bad enough that we have an Olive Garden and a friggin' Outback Steakhouse in the neighborhood. Now I...
Posted Thursday September 4, 2003 at 3:21 PM | Full Post
Blackout photos
Oops. I just realized I had a couple of blackout photos I never posted: Sexy traffic director on Fifth Avenue...
Posted Sunday August 24, 2003 at 12:05 AM | Full Post
Watchin' movies
I think I'll be staying inside, catching up with my Netflix queue. This is the current forecast on Yahoo! Weather:...
Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 9:41 PM | Full Post
An evening in the East Village
I spent the evening in the East Village, meeting my friend Cynthia at Benny's East, a regular meeting spot for...
Posted Wednesday July 23, 2003 at 12:36 AM | Full Post
All Too Flat - Rubik's Cube
Am I the last person to hear about All Too Flat -- the geeky humor site? I heard about...
Posted Friday July 11, 2003 at 12:48 AM | Full Post
A very bad trend
There I was, checking out the Keds at my local gay activewear store on Eighth Avenue, and what do I...
Posted Monday June 16, 2003 at 10:26 PM | Full Post
Bring back the commuter tax
I got into a discussion on Scott's site a while back about the fairness of the commuter tax, given the...
Posted Thursday May 8, 2003 at 5:09 PM | Full Post
Overheard in my apartment building lobby
"It doesn't matter what I say. You don't make my dreams come true."...
Posted Thursday April 24, 2003 at 11:36 PM | Full Post
Overheard at Century 21
We took Mom to Century 21 for some shopping during her visit last week. While there, I overheard one employee...
Posted Tuesday April 1, 2003 at 12:04 PM | Full Post
A cleaner Times Square
I suspect most tourists would rather ignore a porn shop than risk getting shot. Eight people were shot and two...
Posted Monday March 10, 2003 at 10:27 PM | Full Post
Art under attack
Go read James's posting of Nicolás Dumit Estévez being arrested while doing a public art project on Valentines Day --...
Posted Friday February 28, 2003 at 6:32 PM | Full Post
Occupation
Yes, NYC really is under occupation. James comments on the personal account of Dan'l being handcuffed on a subway platform....
Posted Tuesday February 18, 2003 at 12:44 AM | Full Post
Snow day
Posted Monday February 17, 2003 at 6:05 PM | Full Post
Go Liz
... and Go Richard Gere: From Liz Smith: MONDAY NIGHT'S American Foundation for AIDS Research fund-raiser, honoring Anna Wintour, Lorne...
Posted Thursday February 6, 2003 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Thicker insulation might have prevented the WTC collapse
A new study says that thicker insulation might have prevented the collapse of the WTC towers, or at least allowed...
Posted Wednesday February 5, 2003 at 11:49 PM | Full Post
East Village restaurant recommendation
I had a nice meal tonight at Star Foods -- Southern Diner meets Grandma's French Cooking. It sounds doubtful, but...
Posted Monday January 27, 2003 at 12:27 AM | Full Post
Spotted, heard
Spotted, standing in line at the West 18th Street Post Office: Wallace Shawn Heard, while shopping for used CDs at...
Posted Saturday December 28, 2002 at 10:42 PM | Full Post
I love the Public Library
I did one of my only "holiday" things today. James and I went to the New York Public Library's annual...
Posted Sunday December 15, 2002 at 9:38 PM | Full Post
Gangs of New York
I haven't seen it yet, but I plan to do so soon. Pete Hamill has column today in the Daily...
Posted Sunday December 15, 2002 at 1:10 PM | Full Post
Giuliani as hero, blah blah blah
From Crain's New York Business: The city’s debt per capita has more than doubled since fiscal 1990, to $5,083 per...
Posted Friday December 6, 2002 at 5:36 PM | Full Post
Hell Gate
We went for a tour of Gracie Mansion last week. Next to it is a park overlooking Hell Gate:...
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 11:05 PM | Full Post
I love subway movie critics
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 12:30 AM | Full Post
What you crave
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:15 AM | Full Post
Chelsea
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Posted Friday November 15, 2002 at 7:06 PM | Full Post
Quiet Party
What a good idea!...
Posted Saturday November 9, 2002 at 3:58 PM | Full Post
Remain calm?
Two test positive for bubonic plaque. They're from New Mexico. Another reason not to visit "fly-over" country....
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 9:44 PM | Full Post
Burritoville, West 23rd, 3:30pm
Geeky gay boys, sitting alone at tables with their burritos, cruising the other geeky gay boys. Teenage girls from the...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 4:36 PM | Full Post
Bloomberg, the new Giuliani?
Bloomberg is turning into the new Giuliani. Not only is he talking about a West Side stadium, the Police are...
Posted Thursday October 31, 2002 at 2:16 PM | Full Post
Firefighters' March
I just got back from standing in the rain, watching the firefighters march up Eighth Avenue from 14th Street to...
Posted Saturday October 12, 2002 at 11:21 AM | Full Post
Police barricades everywhere
There are police barricades everywhere along Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. Those were the only avenues I saw...
Posted Saturday October 12, 2002 at 12:00 AM | Full Post
Satchmo
I was waiting for the subway at 23rd/7th tonight, when the resident entertainer, a blind singer named Bobby Blow, started...
Posted Thursday October 10, 2002 at 10:41 PM | Full Post
Finally something amusing on my block
Having endured Krispy Kreme, Boston Market, and Trailer Park, finally something interesting has opened. We have a new Ricky's....
Posted Thursday October 10, 2002 at 4:21 PM | Full Post
Dipping my toes back into the art pool
I should be doing work, but several shows were about to close, so we went to a few Chelsea galleries...
Posted Thursday October 3, 2002 at 5:16 PM | Full Post
Kiki and Herb at the Knitting Factory
Earlier in the evening we (James and I -- he has more photos) saw Kiki and Herb at the...
Posted Saturday September 7, 2002 at 1:02 AM | Full Post
Damned helicopters
Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick! It's bad enough that they have to close the middle of Manhattan for...
Posted Thursday September 5, 2002 at 8:13 PM | Full Post
The art season begins again
It was a bit warm, so rather than wear something fabulous as my hero would have done, I attended a...
Posted Thursday September 5, 2002 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Krazy for Keithers
Andy organized a get-together last night in honor of Keith visit from L.A. Also representing the left coast was the...
Posted Monday September 2, 2002 at 9:00 PM | Full Post
Schroeder Romero
Schroeder Romero, one of my favorite Williamsburg Galleries, has launched its new web site. Check it out!...
Posted Sunday September 1, 2002 at 4:38 PM | Full Post
Barry does Williamsburg
I'm planning to head over to Bellwether Gallery's block party later today. Drop me an email or call my cell...
Posted Sunday August 25, 2002 at 1:46 PM | Full Post
Last weekend
Now that I have the new blog working, I can talk about last weekend and put up a few pictures....
Posted Sunday August 25, 2002 at 12:57 AM | Full Post
Mexico on 14th Street
I just added a gallery of photos I took on July 21 on 14th Street. I think it was a...
Posted Saturday August 10, 2002 at 2:00 PM | Full Post
Dancing of the Giglio
Now that's Italian! We went to the Dancing of the Giglio (Italian for "lily") today in Williamsburg. I'm not Catholic...
Posted Sunday July 7, 2002 at 7:26 PM | Full Post
I love Williamsburg
Posted Sunday July 7, 2002 at 6:32 PM | Full Post
Donorschoose.org
The NY Times has an article today about a web site called www.donorschoose.org. It matches donors with NYC public school...
Posted Tuesday July 2, 2002 at 11:19 PM | Full Post
Happy Story
At least for the economy, if not for sidewalk congestion due to slow-moving people. Sales of the Fodor's New York...
Posted Tuesday July 2, 2002 at 2:20 PM | Full Post
A happy story
The NY Times has a beautiful story about "The Castle" -- a new 59-bed center on the western edge of...
Posted Thursday June 27, 2002 at 9:34 PM | Full Post
Corruption, what corruption?
On a slightly smaller scale than the WorldCom disaster, 15 of the city's 24 plumbing inspectors were arrested....
Posted Wednesday June 26, 2002 at 4:34 PM | Full Post
Voice of the People
I love the letters section in the NY Daily News, known as The Voice of the People. Fore! Ozone Park:...
Posted Thursday June 20, 2002 at 3:38 PM | Full Post
9/11 photographs
I found this page after noticing his weblog in my referrer logs. It's a very good first-person account....
Posted Wednesday June 19, 2002 at 10:54 PM | Full Post
Manhattan at dusk
Posted Tuesday June 18, 2002 at 9:00 PM | Full Post
nyc bloggers
Yessiree, I've added myself to the nyc bloggers list. Others in the 'hood:...
Posted Wednesday May 29, 2002 at 11:38 PM | Full Post
Brooklyn Bridge -- still there!
Posted Monday May 27, 2002 at 8:06 PM | Full Post
Moon over Manhattan
Posted Saturday May 25, 2002 at 12:49 AM | Full Post
Wondering what Jason Calacanis has been up to?
There I was, calmly reading my New York Magazine, when I came across the story of him throwing a party...
Posted Tuesday May 21, 2002 at 12:22 AM | Full Post
Williamsburg on a beatiful Sunday
We spent the afternoon walking around Williamsburg, going to a few galleries. The Stuart Hawkins show at Priska Juschka is...
Posted Sunday May 19, 2002 at 7:35 PM | Full Post
Overheard on the Lower East Side
Overheard while walking around the Lower East Side looking at galleries: At least you're unemployed here. I was unemployed in...
Posted Saturday May 18, 2002 at 10:26 PM | Full Post
A tiny pedicab?
Spotted on a rainy night in Soho:...
Posted Saturday May 18, 2002 at 8:59 PM | Full Post
No dogs allowed
Poor poodle. Where's the owner?...
Posted Saturday May 18, 2002 at 8:57 PM | Full Post
Who is putting these up?
Has anyone else noticed these on lamp posts around Chelsea?...
Posted Saturday May 18, 2002 at 8:55 PM | Full Post
NY Sun has already inspired critical sites
This amuses me. As one of the people involved with the new paper The New York Sun used to write...
Posted Tuesday May 7, 2002 at 7:29 PM | Full Post
Williamsburg on a beautiful Sunday
We spent a few hours in Williamsburg yesterday, lookin' at art as one of my college friends always said. There...
Posted Monday May 6, 2002 at 3:46 PM | Full Post
Toxic Waste site in Chelsea
Lovely -- the site of last weeks's explosion 3 blocks from here has been declared a toxic waste site....
Posted Friday May 3, 2002 at 2:41 PM | Full Post
New issue of Free Willamsburg
The new issue of Free Willamsburg is now out, including Gay Williamsburg, Part Two. Luxx has a $4 coat check?!...
Posted Thursday May 2, 2002 at 8:54 AM | Full Post
A.R.T. benefit
Tonight (May 1) is the A.R.T. benefit. We'll be there will bells on, along with some friends. Go! Buy Art!...
Posted Wednesday May 1, 2002 at 12:02 AM | Full Post
Don't worry I'm OK
It looks like an accidental chemical explosion, so people should just calm down. Do NOT follow the example of the...
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