Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Your correspondent embarks on a voyage and witnesses a rescue.

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On Saturday I went to Pier 40 near the west end of Houston Street in Manhattan, there to board the former Lehigh Valley Railroad tug Cornel...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

On the trail of the Continental Army with Brenda Becker and a bunch of Brooklyn bloggers.

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Behold Brenda Becker in her tricorn hat, about to guide a bevy of Brooklynite bloggers through a bit of what Frederick Law Olmstead and Calv...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

"Relative Environments", BWAC outdoor sculpture show.

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The 26th annual Brooklyn Waterfront Artists' Coalition ("BWAC") outdoor sculpture show is set up in Empire/Fulton Ferry State ...
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Fresh Air Fund - last chance!

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The week before last, I posted about the need for families to host City kids for summer breaks under the auspices of the Fresh Air Fund. Re...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Judy Dyble and Fairport Convention

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My last iPod Log included a YouTube clip of the great English folk-rock band Fairport Convention , showing a film or videotape of the gro...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

A buck, a beach, a biplane, a bird, a building beset by brush.

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Images from a visit to the Village of Shoreham, on the North Shore of Long Island:
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

iPod Log 4: (mostly) perky edition.

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Here I continue the tradition of sharing with my readers the pieces of music randomly selected by my iPod to play during some journey (this ...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Please help a City child.

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In my immediately previous post, I mentioned having taken my daughter, Liz, to a camp in Maine. This is the third summer she's been abl...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Bet the inmates had fun making this one.

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Yours truly in Mickey D's parking lot, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on the trip back from Maine after dropping Liz off at camp. I got the...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

"I can call spirits from the vasty deep."

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So says Glendower in Henry IV Part I*, Act 3, Scene 1. To this, Hotspur replies: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

Mike and Mies

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In this morning's New York Times, Harvey Araton writes of Mets starter Mike Pelfrey's improvement from a shaky start this season. ...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Obama and "elitism", again.

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It's one thing for The Reverend Jesse Jackson to diss Obama for "talking down" to African Americans, but for (as I've lear...
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Monday, July 07, 2008

Greater New York: not just for New Yorkers.

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Greater New York is a blog, written by Peter Eisenstadt and Rob Snyder ( update: David Polonoff is also a contributor), that is concerned ...
Friday, July 04, 2008

Paul Simon - "American Tune" (1975)

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One of the commenters on this YouTube clip notes that the chord progression comes from Bach. Another wonders who Bach stole it from. Up...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

A fountain, a ship, some boats.

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This morning, the WQXR announcer predicted a high of ninety degrees. I rose quickly to go for my walk over the Brooklyn Bridge before it go...
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Proud to be a lawyer, redux.

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Last November, I posted about a rally, organized by the New York City Bar Association, in support of Pakistani judges and lawyers who had b...