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SF/SJ: Sloganeering
In the heart of Chinatown, I find the real America. More SF/SJ: SF/SJ: Slanted Screens SF/SJ: Tourists Shot For Shot The SFIAAFF Chapeau Shopping Bay Area Transit Is Rapid The Guest Cottage Life I Visited The Mothership Special West Coast MICW You…
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SF/SJ: Slanted Screens
An interesting panel discussion about Asian men in American cinema following the very good documentary The Slanted Screen. Though I think it would have been cool to hear a female perspective on the subject, I think the audience was more than happy…
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SF/SJ: Tourists Shot For Shot
I say this every time I come to San Francisco, but next time I???m definitely gonna do my own photo homage to Vertigo. The idea is clich??, I know, but I still wanna do it. (San Francisco, CA) More SF/SJ: The SFIAAFF Chapeau Shopping Bay Area Transit…
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SF/SJ: The SFIAAFF
I knew SFIAAFF was the biggest Asian film fest in the US, but I didn???t know just how big ??? every day, films are showing in at least four venues simultaneously, and it seems like every show sells out. We want to see everything and hit all the socia…
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SF/SJ: Chapeau Shopping
Hats off, hats on. Speaking of Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, Jo and I heard a story about him here from a fellow filmmaker/actor that made us respect the man even more. I won???t repeat it now, but ask me about it next time we???re in the same place. More SF…
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SF/SJ: Bay Area Transit Is Rapid
Getting around the Bay Area is remarkably easy, with or without a car (though with a car is better). Some observations: – VTA bus drivers will cheerfully cut you a break if you???re short on bus fare. (It???s kind of like the pay-what-you-wish policy …
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SF/SJ: The Guest Cottage Life
I’m behind in my writing, but Dixie the dog doesn’t seem to mind. We’re enjoying each other’s company and the small bits of sun we’ve seen. (San Jose, CA) More SF/SJ: I Visited The Mothership Special West Coast MICW You Heard? Babe’s Mufflers Flig…
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SF/SJ: I Visited The Mothership
OK, so I’ve been able to resist going in any Apple stores on this trip (so far), but I couldn’t keep from making the hajj to Macca. And somehow I scored an employee discount at the Apple Company Store. Praise Jobs! (Apple Campus, Cupertino, CA) Mo…
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SF/SJ: Special West Coast MICW
This might be Kidney Pants, my cousin’s cat. He’s on long-term loan to an aunt in San Jose. I say might because I suspect I may have misheard my aunt when I asked her what his name was. Despite this, I don’t want to ask for clarification because, …
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SF/SJ: You Heard?
The great thing about being on vacation is that it gives you the psychic license to do things you’d never even consider doing at home — like walking by an Apple Store and not going in. (Apple Store Valley Fair, Santa Clara, CA) More SF/SJ: Babe’s…
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SF/SJ: Babe’s Mufflers
I haven’t seen much of San Jose yet, but I have a feeling I’m off to a great start. (Babe’s Mufflers, 808 The Alameda, San Jose, CA) More SF/SJ: Flight To
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SF/SJ: Flight To
I’m heading to the Bay Area for two weeks to relax, write, and attend the San Francisco Asian International Film Festival, where my short Take It Or Leave It? will screen. It’s been more than four years since I’ve been out to that part of the coun…
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Thinking Differently At Hai Sun
You can often tell how good (or bad) a New York neighborhood is by the way the local Chinese take-out looks. In the worst neighborhoods, thick sheets of plexiglass or even metal grates separate take-out workers and customers. It???s unwelcoming to s…
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Subway Metacritic
I’m guessing this means two tumbs down? (One for the film, the other for the socks.) (Bleecker St Station, Manhattan) Related post: Why NY Ad Graffiti Rocks
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Vietnam Veterans Plaza
(Vietnam Veterans Plaza, 55 Water St, Manhattan)
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The Corn Exchange Bank
Where’s a Corn Exchange ATM when you need one? Ah, there it is. (Grand St & Varick St, Manhattan)
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The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 2
(Brooklyn) Related post: The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 1
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You Shall Be Inconvenienced
Will we overcome this? Or shall we? (Times Sq Station, Manhattan)
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Broad Water
(Broad St & Water St, Manhattan)
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Jo’s Fairway Of Choice
Can situations like this be the reason more and more New Yorkers are choosing FreshDirect? (Fairway, Broadway & 74 St, Manhattan) Related post: Jo’s Weapon of Choice
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A Snowy Night
They say we broke the one day snowfall record (26.9 inches) this weekend, but it sure didn’t seem like that much, at least in my part of Brooklyn. This shot was taken a few hours after the snow began on Saturday night. (76 St & Broadway, Manhattan)
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The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 1
(Brooklyn)
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Signs Of The Recent: Checkpoint
(Broadway & Pine St, Manhattan) Related posts: Signs Of The Recent: Geisha Podiatry Signs Of The Recent: Fun Vs. Doubt Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights
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Signs Of The Recent: Geisha Podiatry
(Broadway & Cortlandt St, Manhattan) Related posts: Signs Of The Recent: Fun Vs. Doubt Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights
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Signs Of The Recent: Fun Vs. Doubt
(Broadway & Wall St, Manhattan) Related post: Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights
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Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights
(Hotlights, 133 West 19 St, Manhattan)
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Atlantic=Mosaic
(Atlantic Av Station, Brooklyn)
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Monday Is Cat Week: Kittylispenardo
(Lispenard St & Broadway, Manhattan)
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Going Up!
The memory is hazy, but warm… (Dupont Circle Metro Station, Washington DC) Related post: Dupont Circle Station
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Under The Brooklyn Bridge #2
Brooklyn Bridge is falling down…when you don’t Photomerge well! (Pearl St & Dover St, Manhattan)
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Under The Brooklyn Bridge #1
(Pearl St & Dover St, Manhattan)
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Payless Bank
(Canal St & Broadway, Manhattan)
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Leave The H Off For
(Beard Papa, 2167 Broadway, Manhattan)
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Alfred E. Smith Houses
(Alfred E. Smith Houses, Madison St & St James Pl, Manhattan)
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Off Track
This is a subculture I know nothing about, but would like to someday. (OTB, Bowery, Manhattan)
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Vertigogogo
We’ll start with this…what do you want me to start with? The Golden Gate Bridge? Now watch. Watch this. Here we go. There. [He steps up.] There. Now. I look up, I look down. I look up. I look down. There’s nothin’ to it. YIKES!!!! What the HECK,…
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iCommentary
(Spring St Station, Manhattan) More iPod: The Things You Own End Up Owning You Three Questions for Jackson Monday is Cat Week: White, Black, Trendy Androids Dreaming of Electric Sheep
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Wat Is Duch?
If you know, please tell me. (Grand St Station, Manhattan)
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Greetings From The Bowery
Why is our city better than yours? Because we have places like the Restaurant Supply District, goshdarnit. (Bowery & Grand St, Manhattan)
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Muni-Meter
(Flushing)
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Jo, Facing North
This one is dedicated to everyone that, like me, got a bad cold or flu this season. Get well soon, Jo! (Kam Man Foods, 200 Canal St, Manhattan)
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Canal & Lafayette (Night)
(Canal St & Lafayette St, Manhattan) Related post: Canal & Lafayette
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Into The Red
This couldn’t possibly be the same guy, but in my mind I like to think that it was — and that he wears a different color each day. And, as before, I was envious. (Q train, Brooklyn) Related posts: Into The White Mystery Train If You Need It, You …
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Your Actions At This ATM May Be Recorded
(HSBC Bank, Broadway, Manhattan)
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Office Cubicle
And I thought my cubicle had no privacy… (520 Madison Av, Manhattan)
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360 Astoria
(Astoria Blvd Station, Queens) Related posts: 360 Sunset in Red Hook 360 Katz’s Astoria
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Mobile Post
(Water St, Manhattan)
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Ancient History?
Did we really have a transit strike a few weeks ago? It seems like ancient history now. (Parkside Av Station, Brooklyn) Related posts: Unlucky Strike: Under The Bridges Unlucky Strike: My New Commute Unlucky Strike! Parkside
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Fruits Of The Labor
I was doing a video shoot on Roosevelt Island this Saturday and it was cold, hence the sleeping bag of a jacket I’m wearing. The fruit don’t seem to mind. (Roosevelt Island) Related post: Roosevelt Island 10044
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Phone Booth Advocacy
(76 St & Broadway, Manhattan)