JP Chan

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  • Meet Me at the Corner of Dirt & McGirt

    I’m a fan of Mayor Bloomberg. I think his pursuit of educational reform is nothing short of noble and I hope he’s re-elected this year by a large margin. Fixing the City’s schools is a politically risky and hugely complicated task, but he’s shown …

  • Old & New

    I was taking a short nap in the corner when Clocks burst into the break room. (His real name was Hoyt, but everyone in the precinct called him Clocks because he always wore two watches [“in case one dies,” he’d always say].) Clocks was balding, pl…

  • The Lean

    Maybe in other cities’ new-fangled subways they have those screens and announcements that tell you when the next train is coming, but here in NYC, we do it the old fashioned way. ——–

  • Truth in Advertising

    This sign still makes me laugh every time I pass it. Are they being modest or evasive? It’s funnier not to know.(Factory Shoe Outlet, 1 Rector St) ——–

  • Church vs State (vs Market)

    I wonder what would happen if there were only one spare bulb left and both the flag and the tree needed it.(New York Stock Exchange, Broad St & Wall St) ——–

  • A Six, A Gull, A Statue

    I was going to make this entry a haiku (what else?) that would be this homage (aka look-how-smart-I-am-reference) to the William Carlos Williams poem “The Great Figure,” which I know only by way of the Charles Demuth painting “The Figure 5 in Gold…

  • DT via EC #1

    This is Hell, this is HellI am sorry to tell youIt never gets better or worseBut you’ll get used to it, after a spellFor heaven is hell in reverse-Elvis Costello, “This Is Hell”(Trinity Church, Wall St & Broadway) ——–

  • Monday Music

    Top 5:1. Father To A Sister Of Thought – Pavement2. Queen Bitch – David Bowie3. Clocks – The Casual Dots4. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory – Johnny Thunders5. Siboney – Connie Francis ——–

  • Happy New Year

    I’m not one to impose my views on others, except everytime I open my mouth or send an email or post a blog entry or ‘tag’ a beloved neighborhood landmark or spray urine on the trunk of a tree, so I will only *gently* suggest that a good New Year’s…

  • AM Routine

    Marla awaits my arrival at the computer desk, where I’ll have my morning smoothie and tea while reading the NY Times online. I wonder if she likes my Mac’s wallpaper… ——–

  • Priority Seating

    B train, heading homeAn old man heads for the seatOlder man steals it ——–

  • Chung-Wah Beauty Salon

    five week /snip/ hair cutI look younger with short hair?More gray every time(19 Pell Street, ask for Ling [off Tues]) ——–

  • A Stranger Downtown

    Two months ago, the department I work in moved from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan. It was a change I wasn’t looking forward to for various reasons, not least of them being that I am just as fearful and intolerant of the unknown as all those people I…

  • Monday Commuting

    Prospect Park StationCatch the B, the Q, the SMy own Grand Central! ——–

  • Yuletide on Pell Street

    Noodles with SpinachA Christmas in ChinatownMay we have the check?(Co-author: Elsa) ——–

  • Astoria

    Rainy, cold. ——–

  • Ordinary Joe Without Cash

    I need some cash! ——–

  • A quiet Sunday morning

    It’s a quiet overcast Sunday morning. I’m reading about horrific tragedies on the New York Times website, drinking tea. Marla sits on my lap, purring away. Everything is calm except the news. ——–