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Mighty Fung Wah Bus
What I wanna know is, why don’t the Chinatown buses go to Providence? They seem to go everywhere else. (Canal St & Bowery, Manhattan)
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Red Velvety Confession
Sorry to get all serious and whatnot, but I have a confession to make: as much as I love the ribs at Daisy May’s, I think love the cupcakes even more. There, I said it. (Daisy May’s BBQ, 46 St & 11 Av, Manhattan)
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Geniuses Wanted
I don’t know how they do it at them fancy Apple Stores with the pretty girls, but here at the Bklyn Blggng Genius Bar, we have our own custom tools for removing Macbook RAM.
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IFO NYSE
The man with his arms up is yelling about sin and salvation, ignored by both the machine gun-toting NYPD and groups of Chinese tourists. But I hear ya, dude. (Wall St & Broad St, Manhattan)
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There Will Be Dogs
(Gray’s Papaya, 72 St & Broadway, Manhattan)
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A Teany Indulgence
I like Moby’s music and I especially admire and appreciate that he’s made some of his tracks available free of charge to indie filmmakers like myself. But that’s not why I go to his cafe. I go because the scones with clotted cream and jam are fric…
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A New Year Sprouts
Happy new year to everyone. It’s my goal for 2008 to blog regularly again — daily if at all possible. So check back often. As always, I make no guaranties about quality. But quantity? Coming right up. (Bklyn Blggng HQ)
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Car Cravings
For a multitude of reasons, the USA would be a much better place if we reoriented our cities and towns towards transit based development. Getting Americans out of cars and onto trains, buses, bikes, and our feet would drastically cut our oil consu…
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Shellfish Shopping
I wish I could buy my crabs and lobsters this way in NYC. (Port Judith, Rhode Island)
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On Course, Over The Landing Threshold
Sadly, trains where passengers can look out the front are becoming a thing of the past, so it’s important to savor the experience when the opportunity arises. (J train, Broad St, Manhattan)
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Boxing Day
Who put the X in Boxing Day? Is it the same person that put the X in OS X (even though that’s really a ten, and these Xs at the new Apple Store? (Apple Store, 14 St & 9 Av, Manhattan)
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Xmas Day
(ABC Carpet & Home, Broadway & 18 St, Manhattan)
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Xmas Eve
(Wal-Mart, Kearny, NJ)
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Shake It Up
Alas, the only time there isn’t a line at Shake Shack is when it’s closed. I think this is the first time they’re staying open through the winter, so hopefully the lines won’t be as bad as they are in warmer weather. (Shake Shack, Madison Sq Park,…
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House of Blue Leaves
As my holiday gift to all you loyal readers, I’m going to share my favorite NYC find of 2007: the drama student productions at The Juilliard School. These shows feature the drama program’s third and fourth-year students and are legendary for their…
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Don’t Give Up
Hope not only has feathers, it’s also got wheels and goes from Bay Ridge to Forest Hills. (R Train, Manhattan)
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Under The GW
(Henry Hudson Parkway, Manhattan)
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The City of New York, Late 2007
The City of New York, Late 2007, originally uploaded by jpchan. (Bowery & Delancey, Manhattan)
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Times New HQ
I’m a Times addict. I look at the site at least a dozen times on an average day, a figure that’s only gotten larger now that I’ve gone iPhone. Their new headquarters looks awesome, and I hope someday to go inside and check it out. (40 St & 8 Av, M…
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From Floor 13
(6 Av & Spring St, Manhattan)
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Nightworking
(Walker St, Manhattan)
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Orange in Austin
Orange is everywhere in this town, from the sea of Longhorn-wear to the fauna. That’s school spirit! (Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX)
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Lincoln Road, Last Week
(Lincoln Rd, outside Prospect Park Station)
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Opening Night
Opening night of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner is the star-studded event you’d expect it to be — red carpet, TV crews, young fans, Ben Affleck in the lobby. And the show? It’s just okay. The actors are wonderful, but…
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Photoboothed
I know I can do this at any Apple Store, but somehow it’s just more fun at Fry’s. (Fry’s Electronics, Burbank, CA)
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Kiss Me On The Moonbus
If someone were gonna go through the trouble of building a detail-perfect scale model of a scene from 2001, you’d think the infamous “ham sandwich” sequence aboard the Moonbus wouldn’t make the cut. You’d be wrong, though. Who can forget these cla…
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Practice, Practice, Agent?
What’s the LA equivalent to How do you get to Carnegie Hall? (Los Angeles, CA)
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This Mobile Life
I’m in a L.A. for a few days. I’m sitting poolside under the palms. I don’t have anything psuedo-deep or amusing to say about the flight, my rental car, or the differences between here and NYC. Probably because I am, in fact, sitting by a pool und…
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School
(Doyers St, Manhattan)
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Candidly
(Grand St, Manhattan)
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Blade Runner: The Anticipointment Cut
[WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS FILM.] Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies. I was barely a teen (but already a huge sci-fi nerd) when I read a Starlog article about an awesome-sounding sci-fi movie coming out in 1982. Thoug…
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Meet Me On The Train
I’m a big proponent of meeting on the train. When it works, it’s perfect: your train pulls into the station, the person you’re meeting steps on the car, and the two of you go about your way in the most efficient manner possible. It takes some plan…
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Cop Cars Behind Bars
Kids like cars, especially cop cars. Kids at heart, too. I grew up thinking of the Dodge Charger as the car good-natured outlaws drove, but I guess times have changed. (Broadway, Manhattan)
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Ye Olde Hipster Marching Band Comes To China-Town
(Bayard St, Manhattan)
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Unsocialable
(14 St & 5 Av, Manhattan)
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Flushing Rising
As a matter of kitsch, I’ll miss the old 1940s ski lodge-like main building at QBG, but its replacement is way more functional and correctly-sized, if a little trendy looking. Taken along with the equally sleek Flushing Branch of the Queens Librar…
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A Cousin’s Wedding
(Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing)
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American R143 Idol
(L train, Brooklyn)
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iPhoned My Home
OK, I’m a believer. Safari on iPhone rocks. (Apple Store Fifth Avenue, Manhattan)
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Monday Is Cat Week: Reserved
I love cats — and this one is a cutie — but I tell ya, if I ever eat at this [unnamed] restaurant, I’m gonna ask for a seat in the No Cat Butt on Formica section. Just saying. (West 42 St, Manhattan)
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Postage Stamp Theatre
The new iPod nano is pretty amazing in person, way sleeker than it looks in most photos (where it looks kinda stubby). I’m still not sure about the screen size, though. Sure, the resolution is really high, but will it be fun to watch stuff on a sc…
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Undr Th Bklyn Brdg
Real life is the best set designer you could ever hope for. (Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan)
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As Jo Goes, So Goes The Nation
Jo doesn’t even work at Dari Bee, but that doesn’t mean she can’t flash her fearsome whattdya lookin’ at kid, I’m on break look to anyone that glances her way. (The waitress outfit was for a shoot we’d just finished.) (Dari Bee, Riverside, RI) Mor…
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Monday Is Cat Week: Conked Out
(Marla)
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Stop Fried Chicken
(Whitehall St, Manhattan)
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Window Shopping
(9 Av, Manhattan)
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I Feel Like This Sometimes
(Petco, Broadway & 92 St, Manhattan)
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Edison Meter
(Spring St Station, Manhattan)
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Three Questions for Margaret
What are you looking forward to? January 20, 2009 What song have you been listening to most lately? Scratch Your Name by The Noisettes What do you believe with all your heart to be true, but can’t prove? That my body clock is set to a 30-hour day….
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Eve & The Firehorse
It’s a great day for fanboys of Asian-American/Canadian indie films: -In New York, you can catch the awesome Colma: The Musical, which opens today at the Quad. Manohla Dargis, my favorite film critic, loves this movie too. -If you’re in San Franci…