Or, Life is not fair. The snow has been falling since early afternoon, and now at 6 pm it is still snowing, only now the snow is wetter and the outside atmosphere dark and cold. I look out my window at the diminished traffic and see a bicyclist in the middle of the road, peddling …
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Happy Chinese New Year
Wednesday, the eve of New Year’s Day, was in Chinatown and it was bustling! People buying special cakes and fish and fruits and flowers. The sun was bright, though the air was chill and the wind gusted now and then. But the sunshine added such a festive note to the goings-on. And it seemed indeed …
Cab Driver has What it Takes
Last evening, coming out of the venue, it was about 5 degrees F but supposedly felt like -15. I had only a couple of long blocks to walk to catch the subway… and was dressed for the weather. But when I got to the end of the first block, decided I had no history to …
Kickpleat, Side Vents and Labels on Sleeves
It is all I can do, not to tap them on the shoulder and tell them that the kick pleat on the coat they are wearing, [the bottom point of the pleat is stitched together,] is meant to be cut prior to wearing so that it moves to open as they walk. Saw it on …
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Skye Ferrante
Met this artist on the street in SoHo, 2010 Revisited him- he is now well established. His continuous strand wire portraits are of real people. The titled ones are of burlesque personalities. These are signed with his signature in the bends in the corner. His work is wondrous to behold.
Score Again
for the Doubting Thomas side. Awoke this morning to a non-event. It actually looks like less snow than when I went to bed. The traffic ban is lifted, cars are driving and I can see the pavement from the plowing. The subway will soon be up and running. All is well and I have an …
Taxi at Madison Square Garden – either side
Should you find yourself exiting Penn station – the Amrak train station and needing a cab, anytime of day, or weather, there is another solution to standing in the long taxi line. The line seems like a logical solution if you are new to the City. And the taxis are obligated to join the line …
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Is This Right?
The Season is over. And now the tree is discarded and at the curb ready for pickup. I don’t doubt that the pick up is done by a company that is going to make mulch. That is a good thing. However, do we need to be cutting and casting off? In the City it is …
Treasures in the Trash
This is a must watch. “The second floor of a Department of Sanitation garage in East Harlem is home to thousands of objects New Yorkers have thrown away over the last three decades. The items were found in the trash, but look nothing like garbage. They have been carefully organized and kept by sanitation worker …
Ice Sculpting or Carving
This was taking place in a public space near Bryant Park – 43rd and Avenue of the Americas. He begins with making the pattern on the block of ice, then he carves a bit, and then he goes after the design with an electric chain saw.