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A Deserted World
A look at New York, post-New Yorkers. Picture taken from io9.I enjoy exploring abandoned places. By "abandoned places," I mean places that used to be in use and now are left to stand alone, letting...
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The L Magazine: All Eyes (and Ears) Are on Coraline
Coraline, the movieThis is my second piece for The L Magazine's website:Coraline Jones makes fun of her new neighbor, Wybie Lovat, “Why be born?” she taunts. He responds: “Ordinary names lead to...
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The L Magazine: Sorry, Thanks
From L Magazine:After finally taking his untouched bike out of the closet and attempting to ride down one of San Francisco's steepest hills, Max (Wiley Wiggins) gets a cut. As his long-term girlfriend,...
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The L Magazine: Animals in the Subway: Better Heard than Seen
Picture from Antenna Designs.From the L Magazine:Amidst the squeaks, creaks and groans of trains rushing by and people chattering, listen closely and you’ll soon be able to hear birds, leaves and...
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The L Magazine: This too Shall Pass
From The L Magazine:The Vanished EmpireDirected by Karen ShakhnazarovOutdoor lines for beer, black market Pink Floyd and Rolling Stone records, Wrangler jeans — this is what Soviet Union has become by...
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The L Magazine: Now Anyone Can Surf The Subway Like a Native
From the L Magazine:Being a New Yorker for 24-and-something years, I know where I'm supposed to stand on the subway platform if I want to transfer from the uptown F to the Brooklyn-bound L to the...
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Journalism & the Sea
So Walter Cronkite used to take a tugboat out to fancy ships to interview celebrities before they docked.The term “anchor,” came about because of Cronkite: when he led the coverage of the Democratic...
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Inprint: Volver
Published in Inprint, Issue 5, October 31, 2006Volver, Dir. Pedro Almodóvar, Starring Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Rated R, Opens Nov. 3rdOut of breath, Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) opens her front door...
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Governors Island Facts
My three favorite facts about Governors Island (one old, two new): Buttermilk Channel, the body of water between Brooklyn and Governors Island, used to be so shallow that cows from Brooklyn were able...
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Metro: Schooled on the summer
For Metro:School’s out — but that doesn’t mean you and your kids should ditch the books. “Research shows kids lose ground over the summer when they’re not in school,” says Ron Fairchild, executive...
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Gun Hang-Ups
I never knew this was what the police did with guns, but it’s awesome:And after the revolver is used as evidence in court, its future will be assured, even as some of its past remains a mystery: Like...
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Queens, the Nabe
Someone at the Metro just asked:Is Queens a neighborhood or a borough?...for real?
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The L Magazine: Mapping Mannahatta, The Original Manhattan
Markley Boyer, The Mannahatta Project, Wildlife Conservation SocietyOn The L Magazine:Picture a time when Kips and Turtle Bays were actual bays, and East Harlem was nothing but plains. When Queens and...
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The L Magazine: The High Line: West Side Story with a Happy Ending
My first L Magazine (website) piece, a photoessay on the opening of the then-new High Line, in Chelsea.
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The L Magazine: Governors Island: Reimagined and Still Creepy
My second L Magazine photoessay, about the PLOT09 art exhibit on Governors Island. Text on the site by Hannah Levine.
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Metro: You need a ‘Hero’? Chris Kattan goes full-on Bollywood in new IFC...
Chris Kattan, left, knows a thing or two about cheesy dancing. Photo courtesy of IFC.In Metro:Cue swirling bright colors, dancing, extravagant sets, and lip-synced Hindi songs. This isn’t a typical...
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Metro: Row, row, row a boat in Brooklyn
In Metro:PREVIEW. Instead of walking around New York, wouldn’t it be so much nicer to float around New York? It’s possible in Brooklyn, thanks to the Village Community Boathouse (VCB) and the Downtown...
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The L Magazine: Museums Go To War on the High Seas of Queens
On The L Magazine:I left Duke Riley’s Naumachia (Latin for “naval battle”) completely soaked and covered with dried fake blood and tomato bits and completely satisfied. But before we get into all that,...
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Metro: Link up to get ahead
In Metro:How social networking can help and hurt your careerAs the old adage about getting ahead goes — it all depends on who you know. In prehistoric times (before Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter), in...
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