A string of translucent wire, that goes around the island of Manhattan. An actual piece of fishing-wire-like-wire that is physically in place encapsulating the City. This is truth, and it is called an Eruv. I first heard about it, when a friend noticed a man outside the window of his apartment, fiddling with such a …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Bright Lights
Last night this was in the sky and it took 24 hours to find out what it is. If you google ‘Global Rainbow, by Yvette Mattern’ more information is available. The light beams fan out from the roof of the Standard Hotel in Chelsea, toward the areas hardest hit by Sandy. ‘To remind all that …
Remember..?
the “if you can’t get to JFK on the subway then we have bigger problems” story? I was approaching a young woman speaking with a MTA worker in a florescent vest at the 14th Street station this evening. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘You take the train North to get to FarRockaway.’ “Are you sure?’ she queried. …
Addendum 3
Spam filter a total success. Returned to no spam, not a one on the site, what a good thing.
Out of Bounds
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – didn’t see it. Crowds of folks milling about Times Square all weekend, missed it. Wednesday, prior to Thanksgiving, saw six hours of theatre and then left town. A couple of hundred miles north of the City can be soooo far away. One sees the night sky in all it’s stunning …
Addendum -2
BB installed a spam filter. Today, not a one!! Welcome to the other side of the internet-coin.
Addendum
The New Yorker Magazine cover of 19 November. ‘Rhapsody in Blue” by Mark Ulriksen, illustrates my sense of depression on the city.
The Blues
A sort of gloom and unsettled feeling in the City as I an experiencing it. Perhaps it is because one never knows when one will run into a friend or acquaintance who is still keenly and deeply influenced in their daily life by the storm’s aftermath. The Thanksgiving holiday is approaching, but so many families …
General Admission
It was a a black box theatre, about 40 seats total. For the 7 pm show, the doors opened for seating at about 6:50. She was right behind me, the 4th person to enter. She sat down beside me in the first row, in the middle. There were a couple of empty seats to her …
Spam
1174. That is how many ‘comments’ this site has received and they are all spam. I #1. don’t understand who they are targeting. #2. Why would I ever visit their site when they are taking my time to delete them as spam. #3. What is their business goal? They have me totally confused as to …