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 →
The nearest college football game is 523 miles away. Well, a game with a significant team (Ohio State) playing. But that didn’t dampen the excitement or the size of the crowd here. ESPN’s Game Day came to Times Square this morning. We jumped up and took off to see Kirk and Corso, the other two... Continue Reading →
We took a trip to Queens, the Astoria section. It’s the upper northwest part of the borough. This area is world renown for graffiti. JAM has become a really big fan of graffiti and she had to see it. We were so blown away that this is going to be a picture post. Because…. pictures... Continue Reading →
9.11. Numbers, a phrase, a date that means so many things to so many people. Here in New York City, this date has approached holiday status as a national day of mourning. The flags are flown at half-staff. Commemorative ceremonies begin early in the morning. Names are read. Families read remembrance eulogies. The NYFD are... Continue Reading →
The history in this town can be overwhelming. We chase it down every chance we get. That is how we met Kamau Ware, Director of the Black Gotham Experience. Kamau is the go-to guy for African American history from early day New Amsterdam and British New York. We met him at his project headquarters in... Continue Reading →
Jerrys friend Chris offered a recommendation when he heard we were headed to Queens to chase graffiti art. He said we would thank him when we were over hating him. We had to see what he meant by that. The place was LaGuli Pastry shop on Ditmars in Astoria, just steps away from the end... Continue Reading →
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Tip and JAM in Wonderland 