fairy-tale vignettes
Strolling through my ‘hood and romance is in the air… I spy a wedding at the Brooklyn Museum atrium, and then a lost slipper–a modern-day Cinderella perhaps, traipsing through the tree-lined streets of Park Slope.
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wet dog
The fog rolled in with the onset of rain, enveloping the Financial District. It felt every bit like a scene in a SyFy movie, and the Oculus’ modernistic structure made it even more so. On the way back to Grove Street, I walked through the night mist; the streets eerily quiet. I emerged from the […]
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Oh, Finn, you bewitch me as you vanish out the door on a mission for sun and soot. You start the day with your coat of cream and apricot… I sometimes catch you in your mischievousness, dashing across the rooftops. Nimble and quick as only cats can be, I cringe when I spot your tightrope walking on […]
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Weekend Warrior: Chihuly Nights
There are some places in this city that are pure magic. The New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx is one. And this spring they are hosting “Chihuly Nights,” a twilight evening series with live music and an illumination of Dale Chihuly’s glass exhibition. Nightfall and the first installation I see is a blue stone glass […]
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