For the Macy’s parade yesterday, they found a girl who looks like Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street. Stranger, though, is that Santa looks not like Edmund Gwenn but Ernest Hemingway. Put Santa in a turtleneck sweater and you’ve got Papa from his book jacket photo. I’m pondering such things rather than shopping on [...]
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The old man & the miracle on 34th St.
Posted in entertainment, tagged brooklyn, photography, miracle on 34th st, macy's thanksgiving day parade, natalie wood, ernest hemingway, edmund gwenn, macy's, black friday, christmas shopping on November 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Punkins, carved & ready to go
Posted in Misc, entertainment, tagged brooklyn, halloween, jack o'lantern, martha stewart, photography, pumpkin carving, pumpkins, windsor terrace on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Halloween. Those Martha Stewart-ish creations that involve intricate carving and slicing are nice enough, but a regular old jack o’lantern has abundant charm. This trio looks like it was actually carved by children. Maybe pumpkin carving became an elaborate craft when parents decided that knives don’t belong in the hands of wee folk [...]
After the West Indian Day Parade
Posted in Misc, entertainment, tagged bikinis, brooklyn, feathers, ocean ave, photography, policemen, prospect park, west indian day parade on September 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s all about the party – glittery bikinis, feathers, hanging out, and cops closing off the streets to traffic.
Live from the Zombie Hut
Posted in Food, entertainment, tagged bamboo, board games, brooklyn, carroll gardens, outdoor garden, photography, smith st, tiki, zombies on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Zombie Hut in Carroll Gardens (261 Smith Street) is a friendly hang-out. In terms of looks it’s a mishmash of bamboo, masks, a bit of Africa, and a dash of Polynesian, as if the owners surveyed the street, already crowded with bars and restaurants, and determined that what was missing was a place with [...]
The happiest people
Posted in Misc, entertainment, tagged brooklyn, flight of the conchords, happy people, musical, park slope, photography, seventh ave, smile on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This has got to be a set-up, right? Four smiling people, evenly spaced, crossing the street. I’m prepared for them to break into an uplifting song, or for a video camera to pop into view. Aren’t we due for a another NYC-based musical? Or at least a Brooklyn version of a Flight of the [...]
What to do with your old license plates
Posted in Food, entertainment, tagged brooklyn, photography, red hook, ice house, draft beer, license plates, corn dog, frito pie on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Make a bench, then open a bar so you can put the bench out in front. Passers-by will look at it, think twice before sitting down. Maybe they’ll come inside. After a year, the Ice House in Red Hook has developed a pleasant amount of personality. (If you want a place that’s bursting with divey [...]
Shakespeare in a park
Posted in entertainment, tagged brooklyn, free theater, jj byrne park, king lear, park slope, photography, shakespeare on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend and next, evening performances of King Lear are being put on in JJ Byrne Park (4th St. & Fifth Ave.). It’s free and uncrowded. Unlike Central Park, you can show up at the last minute, plop down a blanket, open the picnic basket, and enjoy the show. The actors aren’t movie stars, and [...]
Third time’s a maybe @ Harry Boland
Posted in Misc, entertainment, tagged aji restaurant, brooklyn, brooklyn pub, cerveza, harry boland, ninth st, park slope, photography on July 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
First visit to Harry Boland: cool crowd, good beer. Second visit: hoary regulars hunkered down at the bar, unkempt man talking to invisible friend at table next to ours. Nice bartender; okay beer. Guys out front having a smoke yelling, “Hey, where are youse going?” Third visit: might happen if Aji, down the block, is [...]
Are you thinkin what I’m thinkin?
Posted in Misc, entertainment, tagged 2001 odyssey, bay ridge, brooklyn, chinatown brooklyn, disco, dry cleaner, fifth ave, nyc movies, park slope, photography, saturday night fever, tony manero on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tony Manero and Stephanie are back on the dance floor! Bell bottoms, platform shoes, 2001 Odyssey … it’s Saturday Night Fever. Tony’s right arm is itching to point skyward, and she is looking away, feigning immunity to his rough charm. Time has been crueler to Stephanie. Those pants look like jodphurs, or maybe the calzones [...]
