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Jacob Riis Park, is just twenty minutes from our doorstep. Although, Coney Island is closer, we prefer the humble crowd and decrepit beach architecture of Riis Beach in Far Rockaway. A real Brooklyn gem.

Went to Difara’s in Midwood, Brooklyn for lunch today. Best pizza in the world! Dom makes them by hand, one by one, all by himself. I have never seen any of his kids so much as touch the dough. In his day, he wasn’t an artisan, he was a pizza-maker. A true original.

A Flickr Feed

Can you feel it? Can you feel the renaissance happening? Having already knocked out the 5-Boro Bike Tour(click here for one man’s account), I am seriously excited about riding around the city this year. I might even take in a Critical Mass event. I sincerely hope we can avoid any major accidents here in Brooklyn [...]

Need a break? Like to travel? Take a trip with fellow Lonely Planet independent travelers.

Iitha is not quite the place where James Bond might have found his man (seats just 14 people at a time), but it does qualify as interesting.

Majlis Al-Jinn cave in Oman

A new site that was just brought to my attention via the ueber-hip BoingBoing is Outside.in . The site adds some intelligence to searching for local information by scouring blogs and other information sources that are tagged or otherwise identified as associated with the location you are querying. Nice to see so much relevant information [...]