Buy two tickets, find someone to bring. That’s the way things work these days, especially for Mischa, myself, and now Laura. Bonetti invited me over to watch Keane in Central Park. It was the end of their tour, and an all-in-all pleasant way to spend an evening in Spring. Great weather, open air, overpriced BBQ [...]
a tale of New York, music, movies & tv, the opposite sex
No Comments »
What do you get when you put one crazy Israeli with ADD and put him up againt a Southerner with a sorted past? Fun, that’s what. To Nice Guy Eddie’s to watch Deuce and Spooky settle their dispute with a good old fashioned match of arm wrestling. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as organised and scripted as [...]
a tale of New York, sports & rec
No Comments »
Joanne Colan, host of Rocketboom On the streets of New York you never know who you’ll meet, and this morning I ran into Joanna Colan of Rocketboom.com fame. Like most everyone on 14th St. in the morning, she was on her way somewhere, but I called her out and said hello for a brief second. [...]
a tale of New York, internet & web, the opposite sex
No Comments »
Continuing into the work week, Johanna’s graduation ceremonies and rituals (which seem more like a Roman Festival), moved venue to the Ritchie Colosseum, a more intimate gym where we could see students from Johanna’s School of Health and Public Policy receive their degrees. Have their name announced, etc. Photos after the jump …
a tale of University of Maryland, family, regional travel
No Comments »
And then there were none… Johanna, my dear younger sister, is officially a university graduate. Today, we drove down to Maryland to attend the first leg of her marathon two-part graduation ceremony. First, the scramble and hotel-shuffle to get people from three cities to arrive at the same time. Airports, cards, and lots of caffeine [...]
a tale of University of Maryland, family, regional travel
No Comments »
Folks, you know how I love Madeleine Peyroux. Well, if not, yes. Here’s an awesome video she’s kicked up. Props for the black-and-white style — I think we need to show the kids more like this, and less like, well, the others.
a tale of music, movies & tv
No Comments »
This is why NYC is awesome. And no, this never gets old.
a tale of New York, dance & performing arts
No Comments »
It’s always a hard sell to get the old Jersey crew to trek in to the great New York City, but today I managed it — what being my birthday and all. And so I quietly turned 26. An unremarkable age, another year gone. I find birthday’s a bit depressing. Not quite like Eeyore, but [...]
a tale of New York, the fellas, the opposite sex
No Comments »