Published in Weeds & Wildflowers·11 hours agoDinner Abroad, Home before DarkSampling the delights of Astoria, Queens, New York City — This “international” expedition began with one of our favorite modes of transportation: a ferry ride. The NYC Ferry Service boasts six routes and costs the princely sum of $2.75 per ride (subsidized no doubt by the city’s onerous tax burden, thankyouverymuch to New York City taxpayers who include, of course…Photography4 min read
3 days agoNew York, New YorkThe city so nice it celebrates Pride twice! — Clearly, a city that can host the largest LGBT event anywhere in the world to date (the NYC Heritage of Pride March of 2019) has room for another celebration. Or two or three, in fact. What am I talking about? New York City turns into one massive rainbow for the…Protest3 min read
Published in The Partnered Pen·5 days agoWho’s Baby is That Crying?And will someone please change its diaper or something?! — The building next to ours — and I do mean next as in cheek-to-jowl next — is not a rental building. It’s filled with condominiums that start at a cool $1.5 million to own. And one of the “features” of these nifty condos according to the real estate listing is…Life3 min read
Published in The Partnered Pen·Jun 20Our Dear John Letter to TelioThe twenty-two-dollar gyro sandwich that broke our hearts — Oh, Telio, how could you? After all the lovely, languid evenings we’ve spent enjoying the delicious food you serve? How cruel to open the handy dandy Telio app on the phone recently to find that your gyro sandwich — and I’m not talking gyro platter with those incomparable fries —…Memories3 min read
Published in Counter Arts·Jun 19How Are Things on Your Apocalyptic Scale These Days?Have you begun stocking up on canned food? — For the most part, I’ve managed to maintain some perspective over the past couple of years. After all, I grew up in the white-hot panic and fury surrounding the morass of Vietnam when nuclear proliferation was a real threat (oh, wait…it still is). The sad truth is that I have…Covid 194 min read
Published in Weeds & Wildflowers·Jun 18The Dream of SummerPay attention. It’s all slipping away so quickly. — In February, when we’re remembering these long, languid days of June that never seem to end they will seem dreamlike. Surely we were never able to go outdoors without even a light jacket. Or stay out watching the sun hang low in the sky as if defying night to ever…Photography4 min read
Published in Counter Arts·Jun 17Our Covid CartAnd the miles it’s covered — We had probably considered getting one of those little-old-lady-in-the-city carts for groceries, etc. years before the pandemic. After all, we fit the description. Well, half of us do. Does. Whatever. But once our friend, The Virus, came to stay (and stay and stay and stay) it was time to face…Life4 min read
Published in Weeds & Wildflowers·Jun 14On Slumming with the Arts CrowdVisiting an art opening downtown — We share our limited real estate with — count ’em — eleven bankers’ boxes worth of Mail Art that my partner in life and art brought with him from Brooklyn and then Vermont and then Brooklyn to Harlem. These boxes represent a significant part of his life and output as…Photography4 min read
Jun 13Negatively, Fourth StreetGoing face-first onto the sidewalk in The Village — Here’s one to remember: after skinning your knee badly don’t think that having a shower when you get home is sufficient. Disinfect. I didn’t and am on a 7-day cycle of antibiotics after developing a skin infection. Word to the wise and all that. Updated 6/26/22 This strange thing used…Life4 min read
Published in Plan-B Vibe·Jun 11Check ME Out!I’m an economic know-it-all! (I am?) — In case anyone’s thinking Top Writer status here means diddly, allow me to present Exhibit A (above). Yes, readers and friends alike, the grant Pooh-Ba itself, the almighty AI of this platform has determined that I am a Top Writer in Economics. Bow before me and prepare to take notes…Economics2 min read
