Happy New Year!

A PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEARTO ALL IN 2013!Feliz año nuevoFeliz Ano NovoBonne annéeBuon Anno Nuovo / Felice Anno NuovoKull 'aam wa-antum bikhayrAliheli'sdi Itse UdetiyvasadisvNa MwakaMweru wi GikenoFeliĉan novan jaron聖誕快樂 新年快樂 [圣诞快乐 新年快乐]Bliain úr faoi shéan is faoi mise duitNava Varsh Ki Haardik Shubh KaamnaayenEin gesundes neues JahrMwaka MwenaPudhu Varusha VaazhthukkalAfe nhyia paUfaaveri aa aharehEr sala we pîroz beسال نوС наступающим Новым...

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Random Photos

A few recent photos, as we all take cover from the looming austerity bomb (and yes, I, like the vast majority of Americans, will be paying more in taxes, though I fall well under that $250,000 / year income threshold)!At the US Post Office, Canal StreetChestnuts (and more) roasting on an open fireI <3 NY Car, Bleecker StreetStreet musician, Fifth Avenue ("One died, and the soul was wrenchedout of the other in life....")Armani/5th Avenue,...

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Happy Holidays!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Our holiday meal is C's production (and you can find some of the recipes, like Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans and Homemade Rolls in C's Holiday Kitchen, an e-book as well as an iPhone and iPad app), but I made a Chocolate Whiskey cake, based on a recipe I found in the New York Times. It is DELICIOUS, especially on the second day, after its flavors have settled. Here's the recipe. One bit...

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Hoboken PATH Station Reopens

It has taken almost 7 weeks but Hoboken's PATH station, a key portion of its overall rail hub system, has finally reopened, with limited daily service from 5 am to 10 pm, and train service to Manhattan's 33rd St. PATH station. The direct line between Hoboken and World Trade Center, whose line to Newark resumed last week, remains closed.For New Jersey residents who commute for work or school, or who just want affordable and convenient options to get...

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Quote: Roberto Bolaño

"There are books that inspire fear. Real fear. More than books they seem like time bombs or like taxidermied animals that'll go for our throat when you're not looking. This is a feat I've known only twice. The first time was long ago, in 1977 or 1978; I was reading a novella in which, on a certain page, the reader is warned that he could die any moment. That is, he could die literally, fall to the floor and not get up. The novel was La asesina ilustrada...

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Black Diaspora in Hollywood 2.0

Watching Sunday night's Homeland finale, which brutally and ironically dispatched one of my favorite characters from the show, CIA Counterintelligence Chief David Estes, superbly embodied by British actor David Harewood (see below), I recalled that during Black History Month in 2006 I wrote a blog post pointing out the sizable number of black actors from across the African Diaspora now in Hollywood, and featured...

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