SOUP TO NUTS: Get Your Fresh Nutty Bits Right Here!
All the nuts that’s fit to print… We’ve got the latest scoop of nuts… The craziest late breaking nutty bits… Hot off the press from NYC… Random crazy photographs and stories… So many nutty odds & ends, so little time… Don’t miss these… Sometimes weird, often wacky…... read more
TAXI TELEVISION: Technology for Twitchy Tourists
I read somewhere a couple of years ago that white Americans differ from other cultures because of our desire for privacy in public. Whereas people of other cultures expect to mingle with other humans upon leaving the house, we white folks expect to avoid it, we aspire to being in our own little bubbles, in control of the... read more
Down on the Boredwalk: The Hipsters of Bedford Avenue
“I’m sitting in a Williamsburg cafe, wearing a scarf, leggings and flat boots, writing a column on an expensive laptop, judging others for being try-hards.” So writes Lisa Pryor in a Sydney Morning Herald article wherein she takes a stab at deconstructing “hipsters” (whoever they are) and “the... read more
THE BUS FROM JFK: It’s Like Mother Goose Threw Up
A foreign journalist arrives in the United States, having flown in from Malaysia to cover the American election for the New Straits Times. He hits the ground running, beginning his coverage immediately upon landing at JFK, and offering up some of the most peculiar, thru-the-looking-glass reportage ever. 2008 RACE FOR THE... read more
NUT SAY WHAT??: Quick Takes, Vol. 2
Bits of nutty New York dialog… overheard by readers… and from various sources… thanks, eavesdroppers, for the gems you’ve submitted… all the unintentionally hilarious things New Yorkers have said to you, or stuff you’ve heard someone say to someone else… keep them coming… short... read more
Happy 100th Birthday, Sound Bite Era
Thanks to some nuts in NY and NJ — especially the Edison fellow in NJ — the sound bite era was born a hundred years ago, in 1908. According to Science News, “In New York City, an enterprising businessman set up a penny arcade featuring a Bryan-Taft [1908 presidential] ‘debate.’ Mannequins stood... read more
Ginsburg, Seinfeld, Suzanne Vega (plus Tom and St. John)
Flashback to 10 years ago… May 14, 1998… a lifetime ago in New York City… That was the night of the last Seinfeld episode, a sitcom I had never seen at that time, even though my friend Eamon swore I would dig it. (I belatedly saw a few episodes and… yada, yada, yada… was hooked.) Anyway, that spring... read more
Brazil Nuts in NY: Capoeira for Kids??
Took my tiny son Miles to his first capoeira class today! It takes place on Mondays at the Mamalu café/playspace in Williamsburg and is intended for 2 to 3 year olds. (Miles is a month shy of 2 - shhhhh!) Capoeira is described on Mamalu’s website as “an Afro-Brazilian art form that fuses dance, music, self-defense... read more
AFRICA THIS, AFRICA THAT: Clutching Onto Summer Memories
Big little Leelee, who turned 4 last week, returned recently from almost a month in South Africa - where her grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle live, and where her mother grew up. Although she is now busy getting used to a new routine, including a new pre-k program at a public school, she also seems to be trying desperately... read more
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