Point of Light

I have just learned from the NY Post today that the Coney Island Parachute Jump skeleton, "Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower", shall soon be adorned with lights.  Starting in June this Summer, the structure will serve as a sparkling beacon of things to come for the Coney Island amusement park area. Additionally, located at the site will [...]

Senegal or Bust.

Click the flag for trip journal entries. When viewing the photo sets linked below, click on any picture to view its related description. Near Dakar, Lupe and April visited the slave port of Goree, before we all headed north to St. Louis, where the con artists outnumbered the tourists.  After retreating back to Dakar and [...]

Sprout and the Bean

Always late to the party, I just came across a mesmerizing harpist by the name of Joanna Newsom. Her voice is a little off-putting, but it won’t be long before you are completely sucked in. She’s off the Drag City label.

Happy New Year!

During the seventies, one thing this former CT suburban youth loved to do was spend a glorious Summer week at his grandparents house on Long Island watching great pre-cable local NYC television. Batman, The Odd Couple, Merv Griffin, Benny Hill, The Flinstones… it was an absolute cornucopia of old-school media distraction. Anyway, remember when Mr. [...]