We’ll take a trip up to the moon For that is the place for a lark So meet me down at Luna, Lena Down at Luna Park “The Teaser”, Coney Island in Luna Park (LOC) I have so many old things floating around my casa, it’s ridiculous. Blame it on the sheer pleasure I derive [...]
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The Oldest Things I Own
Posted in Art, Coney Island, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Worth Waiting in Long Lines
Posted in Random thoughts, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Coney Island Cyclone 1. A ride on the Coney Island Cyclone….or the Wonder Wheel, for that matter. 2. When I’m on my way to Arizona, I will stand in line for the airport security screening with a stupid-ass grin on my face because I’m so happy to be going. It’s the one time (for me) [...]
Hmmmm….
Posted in Blathering, Stuff I dig on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…so you might wonder, after reading yesterday’s post, whether or not I’m still affected by all the shit that went down with the whole five-minute (er, five-week) engagement last year, and more specifically, by the dude to whom I was oh-so-briefly engaged. I suppose, if I’m being truthful, that I am still affected by that [...]
10 Things That Make Me Happy
Posted in Dreams, Love, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The music of Peter Mulvey I’ve been listening to him for more than a decade and his music speaks to me in a way that nothing else does. He is itinerant poet, acoustic guitar god, and songwriter extraordinaire and he produces these gravelly-voiced, thoughtful, heart-rending works of pure genius that simultaneously tear away my denial [...]
Special Books in My Life – One Old, One New
Posted in Books, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gatsby Turns 80 I never get tired of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It’s staggering and it takes my breath away every time I read it. His prose reads like poetry, yet it remains wonderfully accessible. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is the kind of relatable everyman that is essential to good storytelling, and the [...]
A worthy cause
Posted in Health, News items, Pure Genius, Stuff I dig on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A friend and former colleague from my days in Pennsylvania (hi Amy!) recently established a new 501(c)(3) non-profit called Love to Langa. The organization’s mission is to provide support for the education and well-being of orphans and children in Cape Town, South Africa, many of whom are affected by the AIDS epidemic in some way. [...]
Dojo loaches!
Posted in Pets, Stuff I dig on March 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Saw some gorgeous gold dojo loaches at Wal-Mart Sunday afternoon. They were on special for $5.97 apiece and some of them were pretty big. (Our remaining black kuhli loaches passed away recently, as did our mollies and adult guppies, so we are down to a couple of x-ray tetras, two adult platys, one baby platy, [...]
Jeff Buckley
Posted in Music, Stuff I dig on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The beauty of isolation
Posted in Art, Stuff I dig on May 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I found a very nice slide show essay about Edward Hopper this morning on Slate. It’s worth checking out. Hopper has always been one of my favorite artists. When I was working on my undergraduate degree in Art History, I found myself drowning in all kinds of aesthetic, artistic, and philosophical sensibilities. There were plenty [...]
Do you know this little girl?
Posted in Coney Island, Stuff I dig on July 22, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I bought this photograph on eBay recently and it came in today’s mail. I was doing my semi-monthly e-browsing, looking for Coney Island memorabilia, and I found this photo stuck in between listings for postcards and some china from the now-defunct Half Moon Hotel. It is a mother and daughter sitting together on a bench [...]
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