After The Mars Bar, Then What?
Update: Mars Bars bas been demolished. The space is now a TD Bank. I’ve been to Mars Bar, but it was a long time ago. The place smells funky. The beer comes in bottles. The bathrooms have an especially bad…
Good Beer
When it comes to beer I’m not that picky. There’s beer and then there’s good beer, and I drink the good kind. Good beer can be almost anything: a sour lambic, a chocolate stout, even the odd IPA. Something from…
Tompkins Square Dog Halloween Parade
The puppies paraded through Tompkins Square Park in their Halloween finest this past Sunday, and once again I joined the camera clicking hordes eager to record the event. This was my fifth year photographing the event and I enjoyed spotting…
Bring to Light NYC
Last night I headed over to Brooklyn to shoot some photos at Bring to Light, a free one-night event featuring light installations and music along the Greenpoint waterfront. This was billed as New York City’s first nuit blanche festival, which…
Red Hook Lobster Pound
If you enjoy vistas of deserted industrial streets and dramatic harbor skies, Red Hook is the hood for you. Now that Red Hook Lobster Pound has opened shop, lobster-lovers in particular have been finding the trek worthwhile.
Gramercy Tavern
I believe there’s a therapeutic value to having your water unobtrusively refilled, without needing to ask anyone. The knife you dropped that is swiftly replaced; the napkin that is neatly refolded when you return from the restroom; the single beam…
Dirt Candy
Update: Dirt Candy is reopening on the Lower East Side in January 2015. Usually I’m not eager to try vegetarian restaurants, so my excitement leading up to dinner at Dirt Candy was pretty much unprecedented. By “vegetarian restaurants,” I’m not…
Pies n Thighs
“Glorified Popeye’s,” he muttered. “No it’s more special than that,” I said. We both fell to the task of devouring fried chicken down to the bone. Maybe I thought it was special because of the setting—a summer night with a…
Rice to Riches
Rice to Riches sells rice pudding. But wait–don’t go yet! This isn’t like other rice pudding you’ve had; this rice pudding is FUN! At least, everything about this shop wants you to think so–from the pod-like front doors, to the…
Schnitzel & Things
As I slogged into work the morning after Memorial Day, my bleary eyes alighted on a most unexpected sight. The Schnitzel & Things truck was parked on 46th street. I canceled my morning bagel and an oh-so-subtle spring entered my…