Take The City And Run

I’m currently reading This Is Orson Welles, a book of transposed interviews between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich. It’s quite good and it’s made me realize how much more I need to see of Welles’ work… I’ve only seen Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady From Shanghai, and Touch of Evil. He’s such an entertaining […]

NYC Bloggers is a new project that should have been done some time ago, if you ask me… I mean, those Chicago bloggers have their own online community. If there was something similar before for NYC bloggers, I just wasn’t aware of it… which could obviously be a possibility, especially knowing me.

Quite the polite plea for peace.

I can’t walk under any elevated roadway or subway line without thinking of The French Connection.

I walked over to the East River yesterday. It was a gorgeous evening and there were quite a few people out on the riverwalk (I took pictures of some of them which I may end […]

Stoned peace, just like hippies.

It’s Fleet Week, so sailors are all over.

A couple of statues.

A little boxed-in church.

More pigeons.
Jen and I saw two movies the last two nights. First was Insomnia; Christopher Nolan proves that a mainstream movie can still be interesting and also proves that Memento was no fluke– he’s a helluva director (anyone […]

So I’m pretty much moved into my new apartment. I’m on a dial-up connection which isn’t very fun, but I’ll live. All the pigeon photos were taken on my way to work the other day and the last one was taken from my window. I enjoy the view.

A giant hand atop Madame Tussaud’s in Times Square (taken from a terrace at the AMC Empire, as were the next three photos).

Spidey is busy protecting patrons of the Loews at 42nd Street. What a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Lights over 42nd Street.

Rooftops opposite the Empire.

The Brooklyn Bridge on a dreary day.

Two buildings on 42nd Street, somewhere […]

Musical Clown.

Lady Liberty…

…come to life!

Vogue.

Tall people.

Photographer (obviously).

A clown caught in the headlights as she deals her drug-filled balloons to the kiddies. Either that or she’s making balloon animals.
These were all taken last week at NYU’s annual pre-Commencement street party, Grad Alley.
My family has returned home after a fun week. We saw Chicago on Broadway Friday […]

I’ve basically been done with classes since last Thursday. I’ve been working and generally trying to prepare for the so-called “real world” since then. Today I worked in the morning, then went and picked up a copy of Final Cut Pro 3 while I’m still allowed a student discount. I took care of a few […]

We went to the United Nations yesterday. It’s such an odd building because the organization is supposed to represent progress and reform, yet entering the building is like crossing into a mid-20th Century timewarp. It’s kind of like looking at documentaries on old World’s Fairs and seeing their visions of the future and how retro […]

My parents and I went to the World Trade Center site this afternoon. I had not been down there since the fall, before the platform was set up. It’s a lot different now, obviously. This sculpture was being hauled somewhere on a truck…

The first times my family and I visited New York before I began […]

I went out to Laguardia today to meet my parents (first 5). We then headed to their hotel (last 2) before getting a bite to eat.

My parents are flying in tomorrow and my sister will be joining us next week. Should be a fun week. That reminds me… On the day I took these photos, I stopped in at Popeye’s to have some of their crispy crawfish ettouffe. It’s okay, but no substitute for the real thing. Living in south […]