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  • Make That Change?

    I started with the man in the mirror, asking him to change his ways. I felt no message could have been any clearer. “If you want to make the world a better place,” I said. “Take a look at yourself — and make that change.” “Leave me alone or I’ll …

  • Yikes! Bakery

    Zoinks!!! This is the last thing you wanna see when visiting your favorite Chinese bakery. (Fay-Da Bakery, Mott St & Canal St, Manhattan) More Fay-Da: Your Pork Chop House Excellency Fay-Da Window

  • Apocalypse, Next!

    Whenever my out-of-town town friends mock my tolerance for the daily inconveniences and humiliations of NYC life, I can usually chalk it up to their obvious jealousy and feelings of inferiority of living in a lesser city. But after spending ten mi…

  • Opening Night Party

    I didn’t make it to the Seven.11 opening night because of the other rehearsal, but the after party was great! (Canal Lounge, Manhattan)

  • Rehearsal Week: Part 2

    Working on a musical has been a lot of fun, especially when you have super-talented collaborators like these. Here, Andrew Fitch and Lisa Wilkerson work on a hot tango in Raw Impressions Music Marathon #21. (Players Theatre, Manhattan)

  • Rehearsal Week: Part 1

    It’s been a busy week, with two short pieces going up the same weekend. Lots of rehearsals, last-minute tweaks, and excitement/anxiety as opening night approaches. First up: Alicia Ying gives Andrew Guilarte a taste of the future in Seven.11.2006….

  • SF/SJ: From Every Angle

    Grids + Hills = Awesome Vistas. I miss SF and the festival already. It was fun to screen here and meet so many cool people. Can’t wait ’till next year. (Filbert St & Kearny St, San Francisco, CA) More SF/SJ: SF/SJ: The Lunch Aquatic SF/SJ: Colma S…

  • SF/SJ: The Lunch Aquatic

    Call me a snob, but I think everything tastes better when it???s served on a little boat. (Isobune Sushi Restaurant, 1684 Post St, San Francisco, CA) More SF/SJ: SF/SJ: Colma Stays! SF/SJ: Sloganeering SF/SJ: Slanted Screens SF/SJ: Tourists Shot For…

  • SF/SJ: Colma Stays!

    We???ve seen a lot of terrific films at SFIAAFF, but the one that won my heart was Colma: The Musical. Colma is a coming-of-age story set in the eponymous town just south of San Francisco that???s home to 17 cemeteries but just 1,300 residents. This f…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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, …

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • Vietnam Veterans Plaza

    (Vietnam Veterans Plaza, 55 Water St, Manhattan)

  • The Corn Exchange Bank

    Where’s a Corn Exchange ATM when you need one? Ah, there it is. (Grand St & Varick St, Manhattan)

  • The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 2

    (Brooklyn) Related post: The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 1

  • You Shall Be Inconvenienced

    Will we overcome this? Or shall we? (Times Sq Station, Manhattan)

  • Broad Water

    (Broad St & Water St, Manhattan)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • The Q Is My Favorite Train, Part 1

    (Brooklyn)

  • 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

  • Signs Of The Recent: Geisha Podiatry

    (Broadway & Cortlandt St, Manhattan) Related posts: Signs Of The Recent: Fun Vs. Doubt Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights

  • Signs Of The Recent: Fun Vs. Doubt

    (Broadway & Wall St, Manhattan) Related post: Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights

  • Signs Of The Recent: Hotlights

    (Hotlights, 133 West 19 St, Manhattan)

  • Atlantic=Mosaic

    (Atlantic Av Station, Brooklyn)

  • Monday Is Cat Week: Kittylispenardo

    (Lispenard St & Broadway, Manhattan)

  • Going Up!

    The memory is hazy, but warm… (Dupont Circle Metro Station, Washington DC) Related post: Dupont Circle Station

  • Under The Brooklyn Bridge #2

    Brooklyn Bridge is falling down…when you don’t Photomerge well! (Pearl St & Dover St, Manhattan)

  • Under The Brooklyn Bridge #1

    (Pearl St & Dover St, Manhattan)

  • Payless Bank

    (Canal St & Broadway, Manhattan)

  • Leave The H Off For

    (Beard Papa, 2167 Broadway, Manhattan)

  • Alfred E. Smith Houses

    (Alfred E. Smith Houses, Madison St & St James Pl, Manhattan)

  • Off Track

    This is a subculture I know nothing about, but would like to someday. (OTB, Bowery, Manhattan)

  • 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,…

  • 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

  • Wat Is Duch?

    If you know, please tell me. (Grand St Station, Manhattan)

  • 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)

  • Muni-Meter

    (Flushing)

  • 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)