Conductor: “For local service, switch to the D Train. Yes, for local service, take the D. I know many of you don’t believe me, but I know you know in your hearts that I am right. And if you glance to your right, you’ll see there is a D train on the next platform. Excellent.” …
A friend from high school, came out for a whirlwind visit of New York City last week — and we did almost everything under the sun for her first trip here. Including: Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero, Chinatown, Little Italy, Katz’s Deli, Top of the Rock, dinner and wine on the Lower East Side, MoMA, Central Park, …
This city is full of famous people, but I always seem to be completely oblivious — mostly because it’s tiring to look at every single face you pass on the street. But for some reason today I was paying attention, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, in all his normality, passed me on the street near Washington …
I’ve had a very lovely Spring weekend — running both Saturday and Sunday in my two favorite parks in the two neighborhoods I’ve considered home since moving to NYC: Fort Tryon in Washington Heights, and an hour away (on a good day) by subway, Prospect Park in Park Slope. I spent my first two years …