The chill comes unexpectedly, as if it is hidden in a summer breeze. While it is difficult to describe, you know it when you feel it. In that moment you know summer is dancing her swan song and winter is preparing for her debut. For me, those moments are filled with regret for the loss... Continue Reading →
Parade day arrived and the morning was spent getting ready. The the contestants put on their best and favorite costumes. They woke their people, showered them, fed them, put them in their costumes and trotted them down to Tomkins Park. The crowd came, the judges judged and the puppies paraded their people around the park.... Continue Reading →
“When you get to New York, you’ve got to get a knish.” Everybody we knew who had lived in this part of the country had offered this suggestion. We filed it away and forgot about it. On our way to the Pickle Festival, we passed by the Yonah Shimmel Knish Bakery. As we passed by,... Continue Reading →
We have a secret to share. Our neighborhood has a sketchy past. We have heard bits and pieces since arriving in Hell’s Kitchen last March, so we set out to do some detective work and separate fact from lore. Our best source was New York Times, 2007. There were stories of gangsters and gang wars,... Continue Reading →
Fall has been playing tricks again. Like a pixie taunting us, she has come and gone, mostly undetected, hiding under a veil of unseasonable warmth. But she comes at night when we are sleeping, leaving behind her pixie dust in the tops of trees and dropping her paint on the leaves of shrubs. Here is... Continue Reading →
JAM has been feeling ill the past few weeks. She had come down with bronchitis. It really slowed us down on the things we had planned. She’s much better now and we are getting back to getting around town. Our first journey out was to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (BBG) in the Prospect Park area. ... Continue Reading →
We lean over the window sill. Jerry strains to see down to the street so we got a little step stool for her to stand on so she can see well. We watch our unknown neighbors passing by on the sidewalks below going about their day. Some of our best conversations happen here. We were... Continue Reading →
We were walking down 48th Street in the Theater District when a poster caught my attention. In bold black letters on a simple white background it read: Springsteen on Broadway. My heart jumped. Suddenly, I had a mission. When we got home, I started googling and there it was. Bruce was bringing a Broadway show... Continue Reading →
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Tip and JAM in Wonderland 