Brighton Beach, end of summer

Brighton Beach, end of summer

Brighton Beach, end of summer

Note B train in mirror.

Brighton Beach, end of summer

Blog Reading

There should be a name for the experience of clicking onto someone's blog and finding that it STILL hasn't been updated.

A Gold Woman Reading in Central Park

What WAS It?

Whenever I see a vacated store I try to remember what used to be there, but it seems like almost immediately, all identifiers are thoroughly removed.

at the Lincoln Plaza

E.B White

In "Here is New York," E. B. White identifies three New Yorks: the city of the people born here; that of the commuter; and--"the greatest"--that of the person born somewhere else who comes here "in quest of something."

I think there is a fourth New York, mine: that of someone who grew up in the city, moved away for a long time, and then--finally!-- moves back.