A few weeks ago my girlfriend’s two cousins came to visit from Minneapolis. This was their first visit to New York City, and they arrived a bit naive, expecting New York to be merely a larger version of their own metropolis, with us centrally located rather than living in a suburb. Uh-huh. At one point, …
Now that I’m back from computer hell as well as my Utah/Wyoming vacation, it’s about damn time to get on with this blog. Here’s one that’s been in the pipeline since my first weekend away, a bit of archaeology. Dig it. Ever since I left the nest, my mom has been on me to clean …
I’ve returned to New York City from my vacation in the west. Alas, the desktop computer which was acting up before I’d left has now failed again. I was able to salvage about 95% of the essential data (including my writing, my site-related materials, my work-related files, and my email) but am pretty much starting …
When I went into the woods of Wyoming last Sunday, I had it all figured out. The Yanks (78-49 at the time) looked to be pulling away from the Red Sox (74-55) in the AL East. The Sox had a leg up in the AL Wild Card, given the apparently mortal blow dealt to the …
Bronx Banter’s Alex Belth has a pair of interviews to check out. The first is with Jane Leavy, author of the recent biography, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy. The second is with Jim Bouton, author of Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark as well as the classic Ball …
“If they’re going to lose this game, I don’t want to be around to see it.” Those words, uttered on several occasions by my pal Nick, ran through my head during the top of the eighth inning of Wednesday’s Yanks-Royals game. Having watched 16 innings of the Yanks kicking Royal butt over the previous 18 …
The Yanks looked good for eight innings last night and terrible for one, holding on to beat the Royals 6-3. Alfonso Soriano and Bernie Williams each hit 2-run homers off of Kevin Appier, Karim Garcia connected for a solo shot (his third homer in three games), Jason Giambi stole a base standing up (!), and …
I’ve had a tough time getting back on track since the blackout here, so at the risk of wallowing, I’m just going to blast through a quick rundown of the Yanks’ recent games, along with a few more links. I missed the first half of last weekend’s Yankees-Orioles series in Baltimore, which was full of …
Another crisis has come and gone in New York City, and I’m happy to say that I made it through the 2003 blackout — the largest blackout in U.S. history — unscathed and in good spirits. Here in the East Village, we lost power for 29 hours, from 4:10 PM on Thursday around 9:10 PM …
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It’s official: the dog days of August are here. I have no idea whether Sirius, the Dog Star is visible in the night sky (the proper origin of the term “dog days”) but I do know that I’ve reached a level of ennui that characterizes late summer in New York City. I can’t find it …