Tag Archives: New York City

Pizza, Five Ways

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: The best pizza in the world, as everybody knows, no longer exists. It is the pizza of your childhood*. That first magical bite sets the flavor, which you spend the rest of your life attempting to recapture. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged Chicago, five ways, food, New York City, pizza | 17 Comments

Three Waffles In Three Days

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: (with apologies to Neil Finn) Three waffles in three days So indulgent, breakfast, dinner, either works well Sweet above and crisp below Syrup dribbles in the pockets sitting on my plate, Even if it’s getting cold Gorgeous … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Personal reflections, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged food trucks, hotels, Los Angeles, New York City, restaurants, roscoes chicken and waffles, wafels and dinges | 6 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The old Penn Station, NYC, c. 1911. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Beaux Arts, Manhattan, New York City, public buildings, traditionalism, train stations | 2 Comments

Trattoria Machiavelli

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: On my just-concluded trip to New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, I indulged myself in food and drink on a truly Lucullan scale. One restaurant we visited, Machiavelli on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was the destination … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Personal reflections, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged Italian food, New York City, pasta, restaurants | 3 Comments

The Fog

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Yesterday a morning fog rolled into New York City. The HuffPost published some nice photos from the air showing a clear and bright sky with the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges poking through clouds. Down at ground level it … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged fog, New York City | Leave a comment

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Manhattan in the ’40s.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Chrysler Building, Manhattan, New York City | 4 Comments

The Kind of Thing They’re Doing to Downtown

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Walking around the hipster downtown neighborhood of the Lower East Side the other evening, I ran across a construction site. Here’s a pic of what’s going up: For context’s sake — and, where architecture and urbanism go, … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged architecture, Lower East Side, modernism, New York City | 11 Comments

Jazz Clubs on 52nd Street in New York City, 1948

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Commercial art, Music, Photography | Tagged history, jazz, neon, New York City | Leave a comment

Koch, the Movie, and Change

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I wrote here about Ed Koch on the day he died. That was also the day that the documentary film about him by Neil Barsky was released in theaters. I missed it there, but caught it in DVD. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics | Tagged ed koch, Neil Barsky, New York City, Witnesses NYC, Woodstock | 1 Comment

Hurricane Sandy Memories

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The Question Lady and I were in town — that’d be New York City — a year ago, when Hurricane Sandy hit. It was quite a little adventure. For one thing, the hurricane itself was sort of … Continue reading →