Today I was up in Italian Harlem doing some shopping at the Target (and avoiding the mess down in lower Manhattan). As I was walking back to the bus to get home, I noticed that someone had shut down one of the streets and there were all these people in yellow shirts milling around. I [...]
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Stickball on Pleasant Avenue on 9/11
September 11, 2011Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – Julius Caesar
August 8, 2010For the past few years, the only theater I’ve been going to has been Shakespeare. The rest of Broadway just doesn’t appeal to me: plays based on TV shows, on movies, and revivals of earlier plays seem to dominate the main theaters. The off-Broadway scene is filled with stuff that I find unappealing, even offensive [...]
Ankling to the King Tut Exhibit
August 1, 2010No pictures this time. Hey, I barely have any description as there was a prohibition on pictures and it was too dark to sneak one anyway. Plus, I didn’t have anything to write notes with. I was wandering through Times Square and was offered a handout by a young lady. I declined it (politely – [...]
A Saturday in NYC
September 12, 2009It’s been a while since I’ve done a post. Actually, it’s been a while since I’ve done any significant new wandering around NYC; but today I did. It’s cool, dreary, and overcast with occasional rainshowers. My kind of day. I got up and couldn’t figure out what I felt like doing and realized it’s been [...]
Flat Stanley and Famous Ankles Part 4
July 14, 2009I hope that James T. of Falls Church is enjoying this series. He sent me Flat Stanley and asked for pictures. James T. lives next to Washington D.C. That’s the current capital of the United States, but I wonder if he knew that New York City used to be the capital of the United States. [...]
