I love those websites that show a picture of an intersection, maybe on a street that’s familiar, from a long time ago and then one of now. It reminds me of those drawings I used to look at in magazines, 2 identical cartoon images side by side, the same but with a few differences. The […]
I’m still sad. One week past Labor Day weekend and I’m already jonesing for the next DragonCon. DragonCon is the best fan-centered large sci-fi and fantasy convention there is. Spread over 5 hotels in downtown Atlanta, cosplayers, goths, gamers, geeks, writers and watchers converge on the Thursday before Labor Day to stand in a registration […]
One of the best theoretical questions out there is this: “If you had a one-time-only use of a time machine, when and where would you go?” Of course this query should invoke a seriously wide variety of responses, all of which, however, would fit into only 3 categories: 1) “I want to go back and […]
Brooklyn is known nowadays for its growing population of Indie Label elitists and baby stroller pushing moms and nannies. It used to have more of an edge, even as recently as when I lived there in the ‘90’s. Ask any old timer and you’ll hear that Brooklyn was the home of New York’s schemers and […]
As this week is National Self Indulgence Awareness Week, I thought I’d take the time to switch gears and talk about a good cause. The Water Tank Project (hey they’re really called Water Towers, but to each his own) kicks off at the beginning of August to raise awareness about many of our worlds regions’ […]
The morning of March 17, 1985 was a Sunday. Because of that we had to wait an extra-long time for the K Bus to take us to downtown Miami and our destination, the Omni Mall. It was about 9 am but it was already hot as we stood out on Washington Boulevard and 10th Street. […]
Waking up the morning of Tuesday April 1st, 2014; I had no idea how deeply fulfilling the day would turn out to be. I was in San Diego with my wife, and as she was busy all day at an Art Teacher’s Convention downtown; I thought I’d head up to LA to make yet another […]
It was good to be back on the train, it always has been. I started off in the morning with all the other rush hour people. Another good thing; I knew my way around so I automatically fit in. It’s important to me to fit in in a place where I used to live. And […]
Sometimes when you’re sitting on the subway train there’s nothing to do but stare at the ads. Remember these ubiquitous ones from the 80’s, glossy yellow squares that said “Pregnant? We can help!”? I was an art student then and I collected them for kicks. You used to be able to pry ads out of […]
During all of my visits the last dozen years or so, there was something I just had to see in New York, but for various reasons, couldn’t. One thing that always held me back was the sight of NYPD officers in the subway; wearing Kevlar and toting automatic weapons in those queasy years after 9/11. […]