Brooklyn
Springtime in New York
At lunch Friday with a magazine editor friend who has a place in Phoenicia, I was asked why I would want to spend a beautiful spring weekend in NY City...
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May 6, 2013
Musings On A September Mourning
It had been such a perfect summer. My wife Posie and I decided not to travel abroad this year but to stay local and make the most of all that...
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September 11, 2011
The New York Diner (and Drinker)
I don’t know whether to be proud or, frankly, embarrassed that I can fit quite so much in to my brief trips down to New York City. Does it make...
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December 23, 2009
Who Shot Rock & Roll
Making the most of my time back in the Old Borough, I spent a considerable chunk of last Friday at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, specifically checking out its new...
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December 16, 2009
All Hopped Up with Alan Vega
I’m just about to head down to “the City” for my reading/discussion tonight with Alan Vega of Suicide, at the Brooklyn Public Library’s central Grand Army Plaza location. I’m very...
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December 10, 2009
Why Brooklyn Bowl is New York’s Best (new club)
1) SPACE Some of the best clubs in the world are small. Brooklyn Bowl is not one of them. At 33,000 feet, with soaring ceilings, it would be considered a...
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October 27, 2009
The Catskills and Brooklyn… It’s hard to keep a secret
There’s a fascinating story in the current Phoenicia Times/Olive Press on the growing connection between Brooklyn and the Phoenicia area. Paul Smart’s article centers around the new (to the Catskills)...
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August 4, 2009
Summer In the City (and the Country):
You might not know it by the weather, but we are officially now in the middle of summer – and if you need proof, look no further than the amount...
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July 17, 2009