Tourist in My Town: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park is a waterfront park that hugs the East River for about 1.5 miles. For decades it was absolutely derelict.
Tourist in My Town: Conservatory Gardens
Last week I hoofed it up to 105th Street to take in one of the loveliest gardens in Manhattan that’s not hidden behind a locked gate.
The One With Turquoise
I. I’ve been in Tiffany’s once. The flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is stately and refined, a Rockefeller to my Clampett. My office was nearby and I went during my lunch break. I can’t remember why I was there. I certainly couldn’t...The One With the Garden
He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing. ~Cicero I do not have a garden, yet I have watched more than my share of gardening television shows and had lengthy conversations with my neighbor, who is a landscape architect, about how much to water gerberas. I...The One With the Mermaids
On the summer solstice each year, Coney Island transforms itself from a crazy, depraved, whimsical amusement park into a crazy, depraved, whimsical amusement park crawling with scantily-clad party-goers. That’s right, dear readers. It’s time for the...Friday Five – A Walk Around Fort Greene
The Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn is not far from my mine so I took a walk last weekend. Come along. 1. Architecture. 2. Signage. Conflicting messages? 3. Greenlight Bookstore. This is one of my favorite indie bookstore in the city. (Yes, we still have those...I’m Reading
