nothing to see here, folks - keep moving* Move over, China and Zimbabwe: Make room for America. Okay, so I exaggerate a bit; let's just say instead that the gap is definitely narrowing between ...

Thanks to the Union Square greenmarket and good fishmongers, we enjoyed some very good meals at home this weekend, once again in excellent weather, windows open to the garden. Only now as I'm comp...

hanging out with the man in Chelsea, but only for a bit We still don't have our Second Avenue subway or public toilets, despite promises going back decades, or almost a century in the case of the ...

I spotted this simple, beautiful tape piece by Aakash Nihalani on the way back from a special lunch with Barry and visits to a few galleries on this very fine August afternoon. For more on Nihalan...

untitled (Greenpoint boxes) 2008

whose streets? [1980: Chris Parker* walks in Jarmusch's "Permanent Vacation"] The back page of the "Week in Review" section of Sunday's NYTimes was devoted to three writers offering advice on "h...

<img src="/assets/2008/08/NYPD_anti-protest_squad.jpg" width="462" height="150" alt="NYPD_anti-protest_squad.jpg"/ the NYPD at the front, fighting the First Amendment We'll call it a win, even ...

untitled (rising sun) 2008 Somewhere on the Lower East Side this sun rises all day and all night.

Holly Coulis Boy and Eagle 2008 oil on linen 28" x 28" I love this painting. I can't say why, but I'm sure there's more to it than that it portrays a beautiful youth - not that I have anything ag...

Poster Boy & Aakash Nihalani collaboration (2008 collage on subway car floor) Hrag Vartanian has written a terrific debut piece for his column, "Re:Public", which will be appearing regularly i...