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  • Monday is Cat Week: Stranger at the Door

    Marla hasn’t come this close to another cat in years, and judging by her reaction to her uninvited visitor, I don’t think she’s missed the feeling. (Uptown Vets, 116 St, Manhattan)

  • Old School Deal

    Whoa, these were $22.05 on the clearance rack. Now that’s the best kind of retro. (Bob’s Stores, Seekonk, MA)

  • Super-Toys Last All Summer Long

    If you have the choice of a flashlight set with or without headlamps, choose headlamps every time. (Bklyn Blggng HQ)

  • Deep River Apartments

    Blue Velvet fans know that the best way to get past the doorman in this building is by wearing an exterminator’s uniform. (Carolina Apartments, Market St, Wilmington, NC)

  • Undone: The Apple Store Song

    If you’ve heard how excited we Apple fanboys can get over unboxings, you can only imagine our excitement at the unwrapping of a whole frickin’ store. (Apple Store Upper West Side, Broadway & 67 St, Manhattan)

  • BYO Bike Rack

    Still waiting for your CityRack request to be answered? Why not roll your own with just a bucket, some piping, and a little concrete? (Fuji Restaurant, 36 St & 9 Av, Manhattan)

  • Tic Tac Bags

    I think Loehmann’s inspires the same excitement amongst its customers that Fry’s does for theirs. Is there a woman that doesn’t love this store? Is there a nerd that doesn’t love Fry’s? (Loehmann’s, Broadway & 73 St, Manhattan)

  • Warranty Blues

    The good news: when I called Apple support to report a dead ATI Radeon 2600 XT, they arranged to have a replacement one ready for me to swap at the famous 24-hour Fifth Avenue Apple Store. No hassles whatsoever. The bad news: when I left the store…

  • Monday Is Cat Week: HNL Cat

    (Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, HI)

  • In Rainbowz

    (Rainbow Drive In, Honolulu, HI)

  • Over Honolulu

    (Diamond Head State Monument, Honolulu, HI)

  • Musubi We Can Believe In

    I’ve been skeptical of spam musubi in the past, but Iyasume has made me a believer. The decor is nice, too. (Iyasume, Honolulu, HI)

  • Via Video

    Phew, my first student videoconference went off well. Thanks HIFF for the opportunity to speak to Hawaii youth. Great questions, y’all! (McKinley High School, Honolulu, HI)

  • Cyclists That (Act Like A) Dope

    Today, I biked about 50 miles on the beautiful isle of Maui. Unfortunately, almost half of those miles were unintentional and extremely difficult – so much so that at one point I really thought I was going to die in a ditch by the side of the road…

  • In Kihei

    (Kalama Park, Kihei, HI)

  • Vertigo Suite

    From the 30th floor Hospitality Suite at HIFF. (Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, HI)

  • BF in HNL

    Bike happiness is assembling your folder on a lanai in Hawaii. (Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel, Honolulu, HI)

  • Carne Asada Fries

    I was told not to leave San Diego without tasting this local delicacy. I was advised well, though my doctor might disagree. (Roberto’s, Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA)

  • Bikestation DC Has Landed

    We SO need several of these in NYC. (Bikestation, Union Station, Washington, DC)

  • Monday Is Cat Week: Cheap Thrills

    Oh, the simple joys of cat life — and cat ownership. (Marla)

  • Between Takes

    This summer, I shot a new short and helped a good friend with his. Can’t say more about either at the moment, so for now just enjoy this picture of Jo on set doing her own version of Mistress of Spices. (Empire Corner II Restaurant, Manhattan)

  • Warnings

    (8 Av & 20 St, Manhattan)

  • NYFF @ ATH

    (Alice Tully Hall, Broadway & 65 St, Manhattan)

  • Monday is Cat Week: Dry The Rain

    (Clemente’s Maryland Crab House, Brooklyn)

  • This Ain’t Whole Foods, People

    I love grocery shopping in Flushing, but you gotta be ready for some things you just won’t find at Fairway, both good and bad. (Gold City Supermarket, Kissena Blvd, Flushing)

  • Sad Fish

    (Hong Kong Supermarket, 157 Hester St, Manhattan)

  • Bike Mechanix

    Looking for a bike, or got one to donate? Check out Recycle-A-Bicycle first. They’ve got cool classes on bike repair, too. (Recycle-A-Bicycle, Brooklyn)

  • The Choice

    (Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, University Pl, Manhattan)

  • Melodica = Never Lonely Alone

    An otherwise random 7 train encounter means a lot more if you’ve seen this. (7 train, Queens)

  • Monday Is Cat Week: On Grand

    I love dogs too, but they will just never be as cool as cats. (Grand St, Manhattan)

  • Future HL Part 4

    My parting shot from the unfinished phase 2, looking north from near 23 Street. Looking forward to taking the “after” version of this photo when this section of the line opens next year. (High Line, Manhattan)

  • Future HL Part 3

    Looking south down what I think is Phase 2 of the project, opening next year. Too bad the surface isn’t smooth enough for a killer bike/skate park before the green stuff and benches come in. (High Line, Manhattan)

  • Future HL Part 2

    This is from the south side of the rail yards, looking east. That pointy building in the distance looks kind of familiar. The building on the right is one of those filing cabinets for widows and young professionals that Manhattan is especially goo…

  • Future HL Part 1

    The first phase of the High Line is open and it’s a smash. If you haven’t visited yet, you need to. Today I was lucky to go on a tour of the parts not yet open to the public. This photo is of the section that loops around the West Side Yards, just…

  • Great Lawn!

    (NY Philharmonic @ Great Lawn, Central Park, Manhattan)

  • Rice To Riches To Rules

    (Rice To Riches, Spring St, Manattan)

  • In The Court of Beacon

    Bloomberg Tower has a really cool mid-block space, but it’s too bad there’s not more to entice the public to come in. Hard to believe that beneath this uber-urban block development lies a (rather nice) Home Depot. (Bloomberg Tower, 58 St & Lexingt…

  • Empirical Eating

    (Empire Diner, 22 St & 10 Av, Manhattan)

  • Casey At The Stamp

    (Casey Rubber Stamps, 322 East 11 St, Manhattan)

  • Once On This Island (Off The Coast Of Ithaca)

    (Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY)

  • Closing in 30 Minutes

    (Strand Bookstore, 12 St & Broadway, Manhattan)

  • Momo

    (Momofuku, 1 Av, Manhattan)

  • Ice Cream Tragedy

    (9 Av, Manhattan)

  • Fortune Fish

    (Mermaid Inn, 2 Av, Manhattan)

  • Yo Soy Boricua

    (Bedford Av & North 5 St, Bklyn)

  • NYPL, Thursday Afternoon

    (New York Public Library, 5 Av & 41 St, Manhattan)

  • Monday Is Cat Week: Going Your Way

    (6 train heading uptown, Manhattan)

  • Hacking My ATV

    In a few hours, I’ll either have a 320GB Apple TV or a paperweight with an HDMI port. (Bkyn Blggng HQ)

  • Architectural Salvation?

    First heroin, then gentrification, now Skynet. The East Village is a magnet for bad things. (The Cooper Union, Manhattan)

  • No Pocky For Lever House

    (Lever House, 52 St & Park Av, Manhattan)