MY NEIGHBORHOOD: DUMB MEMORIALS PT. I (Most Recent Blog) |
(For Memorial Day)The Irish Hunger Memorial is a quarter of an acre of elevated dirt sloping downwards toward the sidewalk near Centre St. It cost $6 million to build and is supposed to resemble an I...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 16:01:00 GMT |
F-YOU! (What I Saw Today) |
CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG. 7th Ave. & 39th St.
A hippy, the Easter Bunny, and the statue of a jewish tailor playing a Fender Stratocaster sewing-machine walk into a bar...When I jestingly mentione...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 19:05:00 GMT |
YONAH AT THE BONEYARD (What I Saw Today) |
THE RICH DEAD DON'T LIVE LIKE YOU AND ME!While window shopping for a headstone for my poor, sainted mum, (I'm leaning toward a pyramid, but so far the congregation at Temple Shalom-Auf-Weidersehn has ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:54:00 GMT |
EAT ME (What I Saw Today) |
Today I visited a real museum (not like that abattoir of contemporary trash we saw a few weeks ago), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I used to live a few blocks from here and have many a fond memory ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:32:00 GMT |
CAPITALIST PIGS (What I Saw Today) |
Tues, Nov. 11SOWS IN THE CITYThree average customers shopping in the ultra-trendy Meatpacking District where a pair of shoes can set you back four figures.Happily, they discover a new line of silk pur...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:00 GMT |
MY NEIGHBORHOOD: DEATH PT. 2 (What I Saw Today) |
SITTING SHIVAH1654The Second Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews was established in 1805, but the congregation dates back to 1654, when the children of Moses developed the financial instrument...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:33:00 GMT |
NYC PLAN FOR PUBLIC TOILETS GOES HORRIBLY AWRY (What I Saw Today) |
"Is this bus stop where I can find the number two?"-It is now.Like our sleepy friend here, it pains me to say that this generation of homeless don't have much pep. The other day I passed a strapping ...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:41:00 GMT |
THE VILLAGE PET SHOP AND GRILL (What I Saw Today) |
A pet shop run by Rod Serling, or the coolest installation art piece I've seen in a decade?Either way, the PETA approved store (People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) features:A animatronic hen with ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:16:00 GMT |
THE NEW MUSEUM OF CRAPTEMPORARY ART (What I Saw Today) |
Housed in a cool building, THE NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART continues it's tradition of showcasing up-and-coming new artists recognized for their complete lack of talent.This month's exhibit include...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:52:00 GMT |
MY FINANCIAL ADVISER AND SPIRITUAL GURU (What I Saw Today) |
Formerly Executive Vice President of Bear Sterns, Wainwright has taught me many lessons, including; take life as it comes, don't be obsessed with material goods, and remember to wear deodorant every ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:42:00 GMT |
