right now

After work yesterday I was walking my dog Jack and I stumbled upon something odd, even by Brooklyn standards.
I turned onto a street that I typically walk down, and noticed that up ahead a woman was standing with her back to me, near a tree. As I got closer I saw a stroller next to [...]

viva la revolution or something!

A couple of months ago, Ari and I, being the proud parents that we are, submitted a picture of our dog Jack for a calendar of local dogs.
Of course Jack was selected because he’s fucking cute and if you don’t know him, you wouldn’t realize that he’s completely insane. We were very excited about him [...]

sorted out

I’d like to have a word with the guy who made this poster for the upcoming (sure to be a hit) movie The Haunting in Connecticut.
If you can’t read my fine subway photography, the tagline for the film is “Some things cannot be explained.”  But here’s the thing: I think I can explain what’s happening [...]

it is not how many times you fall, but how many times you get back up

Look, I understand being dedicated to fitness.
I mean, I go to the gym almost everyday and despite the granny who works out in her sports bra, I still love a good workout like nothing else.
And I’m sure you were in a rush.  These are busy times.  Everyone is in a hurry all the time.
You probably [...]

mass appeal

My block is like any other block in Brooklyn, in that one street can be beautiful with children playing games on the sidewalk, and the next street can be full of intimidating men Selling Things.  Things that are bad.  Bad like drugs.  Drugs are bad.
Just like the norm, my street is pretty nice, but in [...]

two face

Yesterday afternoon as I was coming back inside my apartment building after walking my dog, a man on the sidewalk yelled out to me.
I stopped, looked back and asked him what he had said, while carefully examining him to determine if 1) he was a crackhead 2) he was fucking crazy or 3) he was going to [...]

good lord

Yesterday Ari and I were taking our dog for a walk when we stumbled upon something that shocked both of us.
It wasn’t a crack head trying to sell us a tent.
It wasn’t a guy pissing on a street light pole in broad daylight.
And it wasn’t even a middle-aged woman telling her friend that she “was [...]

nothing but time

In New York you spend a lot of time waiting for the train.  Even though they come every couple minutes you will inevitably lose a sizable chunk of your life just sitting and waiting.
There are several things that you can do to pass the time while you wait, if you’re by yourself that is.  If [...]

i don’t like sushi anyway

On Saturday night, Ari and I went out to dinner at a Japanese tapas place for our friend’s birthday, and things went slightly different than planned.
From the beginning, the people working at the restaurant seemed a little confused.
Drinks were wrong, food came out differently than it was supposed to and one guy even had to wait [...]

speed kills

Living in New York, I get to experience all the terribleness that is Walking With Others.
Every day, every single moment of my life, is dominated by walking to or from somewhere.  And unfortunately, there happen to be lots of other people doing the same thing.
The worst, obviously, is tourists.  You can spot them by the [...]