The nonstop entertainment of Craigslist’s Missed Connections

I have a slew of blogs and sites I visit every morning and several times throughout the day. It’s my daily tour, including sites like Midtown Lunch (a midtown NY foodie blog), Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books (fairly self-explanatory), the Menupages.Com restaurant reviews, and the cesspool that is Craigslist’s Missed Connections page. I can… Read More The nonstop entertainment of Craigslist’s Missed Connections

the Big Apple of my eye

Winter in New York smells like the cold room in my father’s old laboratory, like Kolkata petrol poured over ice, sharp, sour, old world science and life skating on agar I inhaled and choked this morning as I crossed Park Avenue. Apparently it made me feel poetic.

Thank you for your donations: The ballad of the Mad Violinist

I was talking with a friend last night about the cavalcade of “characters” you find on a weekly basis on the New York subway trains. It’s remarkable, how subway and station performers make their living, panhandling for cash and coin as they go from car to car or pick the perfect spot in the walkway… Read More Thank you for your donations: The ballad of the Mad Violinist