by David | Dec 30, 2008 | reading & writing
It’s the season of retrospectives and clip shows. Slow news days mean dipping into the back catalog and disguising it as the Year in Review. So I present ten of my favorite posts of 2008. Feel free to vote for one of these or nominate your own in the...
by David | Dec 28, 2008 | culture, photo
Thanks to the Connections program, I used my PRC membership card to get in to the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York city free. There were three shows of serious photojournalism and documentary photography by Susan Meiselas, Cornell Capa and W....
by David | Dec 26, 2008 | culture, eating
They say that New York is one of the few cities where you can get road rage walking. The post-Christmas shopping crowd on lower Broadway was appalling. And I wasn’t even really shopping. The density of tourists and out of towners meandering and stopping suddenly...
by David | Dec 20, 2008 | eating
I’ve been eating and writing about savory scones and other pastries for a while now and word seems to have gotten out. I helped analytic marketeer L out with her mom’s Etsy site (plug: not too late for holiday shopping) and was rewarded with not scones...