Me: What country is this music from? It's beautiful. Cab Driver: Oh, it's not music, it's the Koran. Me: Wow, really? On the radio? Cab Driver: Yes, it's New York! They have everything on the radio! Me: I guess so! It sounds so lovely anyway. Cab Driver: It's in Aramaic you know. It's been passed… Continue reading Reason #857 why I love NYC
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One World Trade Center in what I think is a quite striking photograph.
They’re strapping kids in to carousels now?!
Why the “earthquake” and “hurricane” are just another government conspiracy.
1. It’s totally stimulating the economy. 2. It’s making people feel like the government is working for them. 3. It’s proving that climate change is real and putting it back on the political map. 4. It’s another reason they can cite Twitter as awesome and get them to work with the government more. OK, in… Continue reading Why the “earthquake” and “hurricane” are just another government conspiracy.
Another NYC Park!
Anyone who knows me or is a loyal blog reader knows how much I love NYC Parks. A not-really-but-basically cousin is one of the voices behind an awesome effort to bring a park to Chelsea. 136 W. 20th St (between 6th and 7th aves.) is currently vacant (BORING!) and for people who live smack in the… Continue reading Another NYC Park!
I got hit by a truck.
Before anyone worries, I’m ok minus a little whiplash (no fun). Just completely shaken up. I was biking to work (as I like to do 1-3 times per week) and was in the Sixth Avenue bike lane. The lane is on the left side of the road, and I ride super defensively on it because… Continue reading I got hit by a truck.
I was so struck by this beautiful Manhattan skyline this evening while biking on the Pulaski Bridge that I stopped at the lookout in the middle. I enjoyed the scene with a stranger, and we talked about how awe-inspiring the scene before us was, and how you’d be silly not to stop and look at… Continue reading
A short story. Nonfiction.
This evening I was biking home minding my own business and following all street rules. Then out of nowhere people start yelling CUT CUT CUT I had biked onto a movie set oblivious to all the lights and people and orange cones on the sidewalk. I felt very sorry so i apologized to a man… Continue reading A short story. Nonfiction.
A HuffPo editorial in which Laurie M. Tisch addresses the food/obesity problems.
Smart investment in thoughtful strategies is a good place to start! That’s what Laurie worked with NYC to do with Green Carts a few years ago, and now the conversation continues. What do you think is a step in the right direction?A HuffPo editorial in which Laurie M. Tisch addresses the food/obesity problems.
This is why I love my neighborhood.
Thoughtful philanthropy + awesome drinks + fun places. Brian Floyd, bartender at The Vanderbilt, has come up with a pretty awesome method of showering local charities with much-needed gifts. Through his initiation, a loose group of NYC bartenders–The Barman’s Fund–pick specific shifts, often their first of the month, to donate all their tips to a… Continue reading This is why I love my neighborhood.
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