Month: November 2005

(Broad St & Beaver St, Manhattan)

(South Ferry, Manhattan)

(Riverside, RI)

(Dari Bee, Riverside, RI)Related post:Rhode Trip: Ice Cream At Dari Bee

(Mott St & Pell St, Manhattan)

(Lucky Garden Restaurant, North Providence, RI)

(Civic Center Synagogue, 49 White St, Manhattan)

It’s dangerous to run for the train. You could slip and hurt yourself really badly. But everyone that runs for the train and makes it in just before the doors close always grins like a madman afterwards. So, maybe it’s worth the risk.(Bowling Green Station, Manhattan)

I was 8 or 9 the first time I ever rode this escalator, which was the longest I’d ever seen. I was with my Grandma who could barely speak English — much less read it — but somehow she knew where we were going. We were probably heading to Chinatown, where she worked for several years in a garment factory with two dozen other old Chinese ladies. While she worked, I’d run around the sweatshop, nap, read Chinese comics, and — best of all — eat lunch with her from the cool metal containers she brought from home.It was the late 1970s and I can only imagine now how filthy and seedy Times Square and the subway must have been, to say nothing of a Chinatown sweatshop. But all I can remember is how fun it was to spend a day with my Grandma in New York. (Times Sq Station, Manhattan)

(Battery Park City, Manhattan)

I just bought my parents the spanking new iMac G5 (with built-in iSight, woohoo!) to replace their aging Gateway Astro, which itself is a knock-off of the original iMac . Although I only got in a few hours with the machine before sending it off to them, it seems like a winner.(Note: it’s the one in the middle.)

(Park Drive South near West 67 St, Central Park, Manhattan)

(Broadway & 20 St, Manhattan)

…and if you don’t care to vote for Bloomberg, may I suggest the Rent Is Too Damn High Party (if only for the name)?

In his four years in office, Mayor Bloomberg has made government more efficient and transparent, kept crime down, and — most importantly to me — taken control of the schools. I think he’s done great work.His opponents have tried to paint him as out-of-touch rich guy that caters to his fellow elite, but fortunately most New Yorkers see right through these desperate, personal attacks. We know that rich people can buy their way out of dangerous neighborhoods, bad schools, and inefficient government services. The rest of us can’t. Fixing these things means the City works better for all of everyone, especially the poor. Bloomberg’s done plenty of this much-needed fixing, and he deserves four more years to keep at it.I’m happy to vote to re-elect him on Tuesday and I hope you’ll vote for him, too. (B.B. King’s, 42 St, Manhattan)Related posts:Lost Amongst the Pigeons and the CrumbsMeet Me at the Corner of Dirt & McGirt

(Millenium Hilton, 55 Church St, Manhattan) Related post:Dunkin-n-Writin

Although the Spike Jonze/Christopher Walken video of Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” is pretty good, spontaneous gravity-defying dancing is something New Yorkers can see on an everyday basis — in the right company.(Chase Bank, 43 St & 5 Av, Manhattan)More Strange Asian Women in Chase ATM vestibules:“Please”

(Wall St & Broad St, Manhattan)All around Wall St:Stereo UmbrellaLooking UpWe Had a WinnerTime Out From the Rat RaceFour MinutesChurch vs State (vs Market)DT via EC #1

(96 St-Broadway Station, Manhattan)

(Dakota Apartments, 72 St & Central Park West, Manhattan)

Happy Halloween, Charlie Brown!Musical accompaniment: Great Pumpkin Waltz [iTunes Music Store](Marshall’s, East Providence, RI)More Scary Self-Portraitature:If You Need It, You Should Show ItSelf-Portrait In:Of A Scion