I recently did a quick site for fellow New Yorker Ellen Shumsky who has a new book of photography out called Portrait of a Decade 1968-78. These are remarkable photographs – the student uprisings in Paris, the people of Croatia and Cuba, Vietnam War demonstrations, Gay liberation marches of the day, and some amazing shots [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen – I have returned. Possibly you are asking “Were you gone?” but on the off chance that someone is asking themselves, “From where?” I shall tell you. I have been in the Northwest Corner area of CT, dog sitting while my parents gallivanted across the globe and then assisting the aforementioned parents [...]

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With the job market getting everyone down (especially for my many peeps in the publishing industry who are still reeling), I thought a little break from the real world was in order. Maybe we can’t take a real vacation right now but a little online sight seeing (which I think of as “site seeing”) never [...]

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You know how I was saying now would be a great time to visit New York? Well, here’s another great reason to get on that right away — Restaurant Week has been extended!. But that’s not all. 2009 is a year crammed full of stuff to see and do in the city. Turns out that [...]

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The Bronx (and it’s always THE Bronx, thank you very much) was named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish sea captain who in 1639 became the first European settler in the area in 1639. Good job, Jonas. Located at the northernmost tip of the city, it is the only New York borough attached to mainland USA. [...]

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