Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
My colleague Bruni shared with me this super tasty and dead simple recipe for kale salad with roasted pinenuts. I just had a bowl with a couple pieces of baked chicken. A perfect healthy and delicious meal. Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Serves 6 1 bunch Italian kale, washed, ribs removed 2 teaspoons…
CityOne, a new game being developed by IBM, combines the god-view SimCity experience with current urban development challenges like clean water, overcrowding and small business growth. The goal of the game is "to teach laypeople how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought…
Here's one of my favorite stretches of the Five Boro Bike Tour, the leg that runs through Central Park. Getting to this point involves a somewhat frustrating crawl up fifth Avenue, with lots of starts and stops along the way. Everyone is anxious to get on the tour, knowing that they've got 40 more miles…
Today was the 33rd annual Five Boro Bike Tour, the largest group biking event in the country at 32,000 riders. Crossing into all five boroughs of the city of New York, it's a wonderful celebration of New York and biking that brings together a wide assortment of bike enthusiasts, from little kids to grey-haired cyclists….
[Pic “Sharon Jones” by whartonds] Last night I got to enjoy another amazing performance by Sharon Jones and the Dap-kings at the Apollo Theater, along with 1,500 folks at the sold-out show. I loved hearing some of my favorite songs from her new album, “I Learned the Hard Way,” including the title track, “Without a…
" My organization Global Kids has been working in the field of serious games and games based learning for several years, directly with young people in New York City, and with several other institutions like the New York Public Library and the Field Museum of Chicago. We love digital games and what they can afford…
As requested by Tony, here's a non-sped up version of one part of my bike commute. This is through the prettiest part of my commute: Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It's somewhat bittersweet, since I lived in that neighborhood for a couple of years, and still miss it a bit. Gotta love the tree lined streets and…
I haven't been to my doctor since I turned 40, so I went in for a check-up this month. I got the results of my blood work yesterday. My refined and gentle Caribbean doctor Robinson told me the good news: I'm in great shape. Sugar levels: normal (!); cholesterol: normal; blood pressure: very good. Whew!…
Here's a video of my bike commute from my apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn to my office in midtown Manhattan, sped up to about five times the normal speed. Sorry if it makes you a bit motion sick. Man, getting over the Manhattan Bridge seems to take FOREVER. Enjoy. [link to original video]
After a couple months of development, we are excited to announce the new full-page calendar on Yehoodi 3.0! As the world's premiere swing dance community site, we know that a primary reason that people come to Yehoodi is to look for events they can dance at, both near them and for traveling purposes. I think…