Category: General

I got a call this morning from the Citibank fraud prevention unit about some odd charges to my Mastercard.  I cleared that up in short order with one of their telephone reps, assuring me that my identity was not being stolen.  Been there, done that, got the bad credit report to show for it. As…

Cindy and I spent a lovely May day recently hanging out in Queens. First stop was Columbian food in Corona. Colombian tamales are filled with a little bit of everything — beef, chicken, pork, vegetables, the works. Really a meal wrapped in banana leaves. Then we headed to the Queens Museum of Art, where we…

Here is a selection of my pictures from my splendid day running around the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shooting the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival). First a little rant. I found myself trying to contain my annoyance with kids and adults who purposely shook the branches to get the delicate petals to rain down on them….

I just had a lovely day at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens for the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom) Festival there. Pictures will be posted as soon as I get a chance to winnow them down to a reasonable amount. For now, here’s a video I took of the dancing fountain in front of the Brooklyn Museum….

For those who don’t know, I help run a nation-wide community website for swing dancers called Yehoodi.com. Among our many services, I co-host a podcast with my pal Manu “Spuds” Smith featuring news and talk about the national (and increasingly international) swing scene. You can hear us clowning around if you download episode 315 of…

Some people have been asking about this “swing dancing” cult that I’m involved in. Sometimes called “jitterbug” or just “swing,” those in the know call our dance the “lindy hop,” since that’s what the original dancers in Harlem in the 40s used to call it. Here are a couple of clips of me dancing lindy…

I decided to upgrade the look of this site to something a bit more personalized than the standard Typepad template I was using. Shoot me a comment or email if you find this design eye-straining or broken in any way. The picture of the radio I use in the new logo was taken at a…

Me and my girl don’t make a big deal out of Valentines Day. Still, I couldn’t resist getting a couple of presents for my nerdy girlfriend. The first was a crystal “Fuze” necklace that has a lovely pendant that glows with occillating colors. Or as the Fuze website describes: Fuze™ gems radiate an iridescent aura…

I had a quick look at some photos from Michael Light’s exhibit called “100 SUNS” which presents 100 horrifying and beautiful photos of nuclear testing by the United States in the desert and the Pacific. The enormous impact of these nuclear weapons can scarcely be imagined, even from these pristine photos of mushroom clouds blooming…